QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

2km SE of Simi Valley, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 39 kmLos Angeles County 43 kmOrange County 109 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
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Ventura County, 39 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1801 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.2588, -118.7210. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 39 km (25 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 43 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 109 km (67 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9km SE of Piru, CA
  2. 1.7 20km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  3. 2.4 19km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  4. 1.9 18km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  5. 2.3 8km SE of Piru, CA
  6. 1.7 9km SE of Piru, CA
  7. 1.6 6km SE of Piru, CA
  8. 1.7 10km NNW of Piru, CA
  9. 2.3 16km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  10. 2.4 19km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  11. 2.4 19km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  12. 2.5 20km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA
  13. 1.5 1km E of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
  14. 1.9 8km NW of Malibu, CA
  15. 1.6 2km W of Inglewood, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2020-07-30 — it released about 5,400 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.