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Earthquakes near Channel Islands Beach, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Channel Islands Beach in the 24 hours to 1:51 am PST (09:51 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 50 km (31 mi) ENE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.0

Latest: 8:15 pm PST on 18 February 2026 · 20 km (13 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Channel Islands Beach was M 3.0, 20 km (13 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA, at 8:15 pm PST on 18 February 2026, 11 km deep. 121 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Channel Islands Beach was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 14 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Channel Islands Beach since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Channel Islands Beach in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
2 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 3.7
Last 12 months
40 · largest M 3.3 on 16 December 2025
Since 2016
491 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 5.1 on 20 August 2023, 28 km (17 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
Reported felt
191 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Oak Ridge fault (offshore), 10 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.7–M2.3), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

The latest 50

  1. 1.5 25 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  2. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  3. 2.2 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  4. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) S of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  5. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  6. 2.5 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 11
  7. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  8. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  9. 1.8 20 km (13 mi) NE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  10. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  11. 1.9 30 km (18 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  12. 1.6 30 km (19 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  13. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  14. 2.1 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 3
  15. 3.0 20 km (13 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 121
  16. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  17. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  18. 1.8 3 km (2 mi) NW of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 2
  19. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  20. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  21. 1.8 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  22. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  23. 2.3 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 2
  24. 1.7 23 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  25. 2.3 23 km (14 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  26. 2.8 23 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 35
  27. 2.7 25 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 10
  28. 2.4 25 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  29. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  30. 2.2 27 km (17 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  31. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  32. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 7
  33. 3.3 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 105
  34. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  35. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 1
  36. 2.0 23 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  37. 2.7 25 km (16 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 32
  38. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  39. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  40. 1.8 14 km (9 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  41. 1.6 17 km (10 mi) SE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  42. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  43. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  44. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  45. 1.6 23 km (15 mi) NNE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  46. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 2
  47. 1.6 17 km (11 mi) N of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  48. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA
  49. 2.1 27 km (17 mi) ESE of Channel Islands Beach, CA · felt by 3
  50. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NW of Channel Islands Beach, CA

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Channel Islands Beach time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Channel Islands Beach are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Channel Islands Beach; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Channel Islands Beach

The strongest shaking in Channel Islands Beach from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity IV (light), from the M 5.1 on 20 August 2023, 28 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Channel Islands Beach (est.)
M 5.1 28 kmIV · Light · felt by 20,504
M 3.6 15 kmIII · Weak · felt by 746
M 4.0 27 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1,967
M 4.0 30 kmIII · Weak · felt by 789
M 3.9 28 kmIII · Weak · felt by 227

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Channel Islands Beach; the five largest:

  1. 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 31 km SW of Channel Islands Beach
  2. 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 46 km NNW of Channel Islands Beach
  3. 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 37 km WNW of Channel Islands Beach
  4. 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 26 km SE of Channel Islands Beach
  5. 5.2 9 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 10 km SW of Channel Islands Beach

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Oxnard 6 km · Ventura 15 km · Camarillo 18 km · Santa Paula 27 km · Ojai 32 km · Moorpark 34 km · Thousand Oaks 36 km · Carpinteria 38 km

Be ready

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