A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Carpinteria in CA on Friday. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:39:30 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci41147327. Unique identifier: ci41147327. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 12:39:30 / December 26, 2025 @ 12:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.67 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -119.5225° West, latitude 34.352666666667° North, depth = 2.67 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Thousand Oaks (c. 126 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Simi Valley (c. 124 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malibu, Agoura, Agoura Hills (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km S of Carpinteria, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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