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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Camarillo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Camarillo in the 24 hours to 6:31 am PST (14:31 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 32 km (20 mi) NE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Camarillo
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north-northeast of Camarillo, CA, at 10:24 am PDT on 19 September 2020 (17:24 UTC), 5.8 km deep. 30 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3km NNE of Camarillo, CA
in Camarillo, CA · 62 km (39 mi) WNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 10:24 am PDT on 19 September 2020 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north-northeast of Camarillo, CA · earthquakes near Camarillo
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 30 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 16 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Simi-Santa Rosa fault, 3 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 2243 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Camarillo, 3 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.
Likely felt in: Camarillo 3 km, intensity II · Santa Paula 12 km, intensity II · Moorpark 14 km, intensity II · Oxnard 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 54 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 280,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 54 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 870 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 45 km E of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 49 km E of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 32 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 50 km W of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 30 km S 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 34.2448, -119.0295. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | E | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 132 km (82 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 13km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 13km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.8 1km ESE of Malibu, CA
- 2.2 2km NE of Malibu, CA
- 1.9 7km W of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 19km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.7 19km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 19km NNW of Piru, CA
- 1.5 6km W of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 19km N of Fillmore, CA
- 2.2 6km NE of Chatsworth, CA
- 1.9 3km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 1.7 19km N of Fillmore, CA
- 2.0 20km N of Fillmore, CA
- 2.1 20km N of Fillmore, 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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