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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Piru, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Piru in the 24 hours to 3:37 am PST (11:37 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 1.9 earthquake was recorded in Piru, CA, at 3:41 am PDT on 2 April 2021 (10:41 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 1km W of Piru, CA
57 km (35 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 17 km (11 mi) NNW of Simi Valley, CA
- When
- 3:41 am PDT on 2 April 2021 ()
- Where
- in Piru, CA · earthquakes near Piru
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 31 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Cayetano fault, under 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 2050 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Piru in town, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 4.2 on 2020-07-30 — about 2,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 33 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 40 km E of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 33 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 40 km E of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 40 km E 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 34.4140, -118.8057. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 56 km (34 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kern County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 125 km (78 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 3km WNW of Sylmar, CA
- 1.6 1km SE of Sylmar, CA
- 1.6 2km SSE of Chatsworth, CA
- 2.5 8km NNW of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 2km SSW of Sherman Oaks, CA
- 1.6 3km N of Sylmar, CA
- 2.6 14km W of Malibu, CA
- 1.7 13km WNW of Malibu, CA
- 1.8 12km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA
- 1.8 12km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA
- 1.7 2km SE of Simi Valley, CA
- 1.8 1km SE of Sylmar, CA
- 1.5 1km SE of Sylmar, CA
- 1.7 7km N of Piru, CA
- 1.6 9km NNW of Piru, 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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