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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Frazier Park, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Frazier Park in the 24 hours to 2:36 pm PST (22:36 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 51 km (31 mi) SSE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Frazier Park
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 14 km (8 mi) south-southwest of Frazier Park, CA, at 9:15 pm PST on 28 December 2020 (05:15 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: 14km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
95 km (59 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 54 km (34 mi) NNE of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
- When
- 9:15 pm PST on 28 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 14 km (8 mi) south-southwest of Frazier Park, CA · earthquakes near Frazier Park
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 41 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 12 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 2130 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 Frazier Park, 14 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: Pine Mountain Club, Lebec.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 31 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 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 1,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 27 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 23 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 29 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 2 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 13km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 36 km NNE 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 34.7142, -119.0118. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 41 km (26 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 162 km (101 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 17km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 17km NNW of Neenach, CA
- 1.7 13km N of Piru, CA
- 1.6 11km NNW of Piru, CA
- 2.1 12km NNW of Piru, CA
- 1.6 16km SW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.5 8km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
- 2.2 19km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.6 16km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 2.0 24km ENE of Maricopa, CA
- 1.8 20km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 3km NW of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.1 15km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.6 15km ENE of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 18km SW of Lamont, 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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