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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Piru, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Piru in the 24 hours to 3:08 am PST (11:08 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) E, at 8:32 am PDT on 18 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 16 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Piru
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) north of Piru, CA, at 4:12 am PST on 22 January 2018 (12:12 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 11km N of Piru, CA
66 km (41 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA · 28 km (18 mi) N of Simi Valley, CA
- When
- 4:12 am PST on 22 January 2018 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) north of Piru, CA · earthquakes near Piru
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 36 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Santa Ynez fault, 10 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 3216 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 Piru, 11 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: Val Verde, Castaic, Fillmore, Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Moorpark.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — about 6,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 41 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 41 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 39 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 41 km ESE 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 34.5180, -118.7973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 36 km (22 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kern County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 133 km (82 mi) | SE | 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.
- 1.6 14km NE of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 16km NW of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 5km SSW of Camarillo, CA
- 1.9 4km SE of Piru, CA
- 1.7 6km SSW of Gorman, CA
- 1.7 16km ENE of Ojai, CA
- 1.9 3km SE of Piru, CA
- 1.9 2km NE of Simi Valley, CA
- 2.1 16km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.7 4km WNW of Chatsworth, CA
- 1.6 10km NNE of Ventura, CA
- 1.7 11km SW of Westlake Village, CA
- 1.9 3km NE of Chatsworth, CA
- 1.6 3km N of Pacoima, CA
- 1.8 7km WNW of Castaic, 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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