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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

22km N of Ojai, CA

· -1.3 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 33 kmSanta Barbara County 76 kmKern County 90 kmLos Angeles County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
-1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ventura County, 33 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1508 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 34.6437, -119.2133. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 33 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 76 km (48 mi) E of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kern County, CA 90 km (56 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Los Angeles County, CA 100 km (62 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 140 km (87 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 13km NNE of Ojai, CA
  2. 2.3 6km W of Grapevine, CA
  3. 1.5 22km SW of Maricopa, CA
  4. 1.8 15km N of Piru, CA
  5. 1.5 4km WNW of Fillmore, CA
  6. 2.4 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  7. 1.9 14km NNW of Fillmore, CA
  8. 2.6 5km WSW of Ojai, CA
  9. 2.0 14km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 2.0 17km NW of Grapevine, CA
  11. 1.6 10km NNW of Piru, CA
  12. 1.7 13km NNW of Fillmore, CA
  13. 1.7 12km N of Piru, CA
  14. 1.7 12km N of Piru, CA
  15. 1.6 13km NNW of Grapevine, 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 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — it released about 3,300 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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