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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Frazier Park, CA

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Frazier Park in the last 24 hours. M 2.3, in Frazier Park, at 3:50 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (23:50 UTC); the estimated shaking in Frazier Park was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Frazier Park

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Frazier Park, CA, at 4:28 pm PST on 14 January 2021 (00:28 UTC), 9.7 km deep.

USGS: 3km WNW of Frazier Park, CA

59 km (36 mi) S of Bakersfield, CA · 104 km (65 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA

4:28 pm PST, Jan 14, 2021 · · 9.7 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Frazier Park Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 54 kmKern County 62 kmLos Angeles County 96 kmSanta Barbara County 102 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:28 pm PST on 14 January 2021 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Frazier Park, CA · earthquakes near Frazier Park
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ventura County, 54 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
San Andreas fault, 1 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 2128 days ago

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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Frazier Park, 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: Frazier Park 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 8,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 14 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 11 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 18 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 15 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 13km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 24 km NE 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 34.8293, -118.9785. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Ventura County, CA 54 km (34 mi) SSW earthquakes near Ventura County
Kern County, CA 62 km (38 mi) NNE earthquakes near Kern County
Los Angeles County, CA 96 km (60 mi) SE earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 102 km (64 mi) WSW earthquakes near Santa Barbara County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 19km WNW of Grapevine, CA
  2. 1.6 18km WNW of Grapevine, CA
  3. 3.4 18km NW of Grapevine, CA
  4. 1.8 15km ESE of Arvin, CA
  5. 2.1 18km N of Fillmore, CA
  6. 1.8 10km ESE of Ojai, CA
  7. 1.7 21km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  8. 1.5 17km N of Fillmore, CA
  9. 1.6 17km NNW of Neenach, CA
  10. 1.7 13km N of Piru, CA
  11. 1.6 11km NNW of Piru, CA
  12. 2.1 12km NNW of Piru, CA
  13. 1.6 16km SW of Frazier Park, CA
  14. 1.5 8km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  15. 2.2 19km N of Pine Mountain Club, 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.

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