United States

Natural disasters in Santa Barbara, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 21 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

13, recorded here, since 16 March 2026

8 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 22 October 2026 (10 days ago).

The 3rd strongest of the 13 recorded here since 16 March 2026.

By month

  • February 20243 detections
  • March 20247 detections
  • April 20242 detections
  • May 202421 detections
  • June 202413 detections
  • July 20241420 detections
  • August 20246 detections
  • September 20243 detections
  • October 20243 detections
  • November 202423 detections
  • December 20244 detections
  • January 20251 detections
  • February 202510 detections
  • March 202515 detections
  • April 202511 detections
  • May 202511 detections
  • June 20259 detections
  • July 202512 detections
  • August 20251506 detections
  • September 20251 detections
  • October 20252 detections
  • November 20256 detections
  • December 20259 detections
  • January 202616 detections
  • February 20269 detections
  • March 20261
  • May 20261
  • August 20263
  • October 20268

October 2026 is the most active month of the 4 in our series here, with 8 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Flash Flood Warning

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 1 N Carpinteria, Santa Barbara Co., CA

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 39 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

22 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Special Marine Warning

21 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Wind gust (60 MPH), 27 WSW Port Hueneme, Santa Barbara Co., CA

16 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake, 16 felt reports

14 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.8 Earthquake

9 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

9 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 59 km from Isla Vista

16 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 27 · version not recorded
EarthquakesLow

M 2.5 Earthquake

16 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded

Towns with the most events here

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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