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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near El Rio, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in El Rio in the 24 hours to 3:58 am PST (11:58 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 41 km (25 mi) ENE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.6

Latest: 12:01 pm PDT on 2 May 2026 · 30 km (19 mi) NE of El Rio, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near El Rio was M 2.6, 30 km (19 mi) NE of El Rio, CA, at 12:01 pm PDT on 2 May 2026, 10 km deep. 2 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in El Rio was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 14 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near El Rio since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
2 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 5.2
Last 12 months
52 · largest M 3.3 on 16 December 2025
Since 2016
685 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 5.1 on 20 August 2023, 19 km (12 mi) N of El Rio, CA
Reported felt
262 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Oak Ridge fault, 3 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 (M1.6–M2.2), 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 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  2. 1.9 19 km (12 mi) N of El Rio, CA
  3. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) NW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  4. 2.2 17 km (11 mi) WSW of El Rio, CA
  5. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) S of El Rio, CA
  6. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  7. 2.5 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 11
  8. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  9. 2.1 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  10. 1.8 10 km (6 mi) NE of El Rio, CA
  11. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) N of El Rio, CA
  12. 2.0 25 km (16 mi) SSE of El Rio, CA
  13. 1.6 30 km (18 mi) NE of El Rio, CA
  14. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NE of El Rio, CA
  15. 2.6 30 km (19 mi) NE of El Rio, CA · felt by 2
  16. 2.1 11 km (7 mi) N of El Rio, CA · felt by 3
  17. 1.9 27 km (17 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  18. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) NW of El Rio, CA
  19. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NW of El Rio, CA
  20. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NW of El Rio, CA
  21. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) NNE of El Rio, CA
  22. 3.0 25 km (16 mi) SSE of El Rio, CA · felt by 121
  23. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  24. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  25. 1.8 10 km (6 mi) SW of El Rio, CA · felt by 2
  26. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  27. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  28. 1.8 18 km (11 mi) NW of El Rio, CA
  29. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  30. 2.3 17 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 2
  31. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  32. 2.3 16 km (10 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  33. 2.8 16 km (10 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 35
  34. 2.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 10
  35. 2.4 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  36. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  37. 2.2 20 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  38. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  39. 2.1 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 7
  40. 3.3 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 105
  41. 1.6 17 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  42. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  43. 2.0 17 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  44. 2.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 32
  45. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  46. 1.6 17 km (11 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA
  47. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NNE of El Rio, CA
  48. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) NNE of El Rio, CA
  49. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NNE of El Rio, CA · felt by 1
  50. 2.0 25 km (16 mi) NNW of El Rio, CA · felt by 1

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 El Rio time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after El Rio are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in El Rio

The strongest shaking in El Rio from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity IV (light), from the M 5.1 on 20 August 2023, 19 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 El Rio (est.)
M 5.1 19 kmIV · Light · felt by 20,504
M 3.9 19 kmIII · Weak · felt by 227
M 4.0 21 kmIII · Weak · felt by 789
M 3.9 20 kmIII · Weak · felt by 542
M 3.9 20 kmIII · Weak · felt by 256

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 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of El Rio; the five largest:

  1. 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 44 km ENE of El Rio
  2. 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 41 km SW of El Rio
  3. 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 43 km NW of El Rio
  4. 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 38 km WNW of El Rio
  5. 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 30 km SSE of El Rio

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 4 km · Camarillo 12 km · Ventura 13 km · Santa Paula 16 km · Ojai 25 km · Moorpark 26 km · Thousand Oaks 31 km · Simi Valley 35 km

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