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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Port Hueneme, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Port Hueneme in the 24 hours to 12:21 am PST (08:21 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 48 km (30 mi) NE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Port Hueneme
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Port Hueneme, CA, at 8:38 am PST on 28 November 2016 (16:38 UTC), 17 km deep.
USGS: 17km ESE of Port Hueneme, CA
58 km (36 mi) W of Los Angeles, CA · 18 km (11 mi) S of Camarillo, CA
- When
- 8:38 am PST on 28 November 2016 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) east-southeast of Port Hueneme, CA · earthquakes near Port Hueneme
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 34 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Malibu Coast fault, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3564 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Port Hueneme, 17 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Camarillo, Oxnard, Channel Islands Beach, El Rio, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 49 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 43 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 43 km W of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 9 km S of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 24 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 34.0632, -119.0422. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 34 km (21 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 73 km (46 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 2km N of Ojai, CA
- 2.1 20km SSE of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.9 19km SSE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.6 19km SSE of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.9 15km N of Santa Paula, CA
- 1.6 6km ESE of Agoura Hills, CA
- 2.4 16km W of Ventura, CA
- 2.2 9km NW of Santa Paula, CA
- 1.6 1km SE of Malibu Beach, CA
- 1.8 7km E of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 6km E of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Piru, CA
- 1.5 4km SW of Encino, CA
- 3.0 22km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
- 3.3 17km W of Malibu, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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