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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Ojai, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Ojai in the 24 hours to 1:19 pm PST (21:19 UTC). The last one was M 1.5, 7 km (5 mi) S, at 2:56 am PST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Ojai
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) northeast of Ojai, CA, at 2:26 pm PST on 6 November 2022 (22:26 UTC), 14 km deep.
USGS: 16km NE of Ojai, CA
86 km (53 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 32 km (20 mi) NNE of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
- When
- 2:26 pm PST on 6 November 2022 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) northeast of Ojai, CA · earthquakes near Ojai
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 19 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Santa Ynez 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 1466 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Ojai, 16 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: Meiners Oaks, Mira Monte, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Oak View, Saticoy.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 17 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 2,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 49 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 49 km N of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 44 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 21 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 34.5307, -119.1060. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | S | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kern County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7km WNW of Castaic, CA
- 1.6 8km E of Lebec, CA
- 2.1 3km SE of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.3 4km NW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.5 6km ESE of Moorpark, CA
- 1.5 21km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 12km ESE of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.5 18km NNE of Ojai, CA
- 1.7 11km WSW of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 8km N of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.9 7km NNE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.0 10km N of Piru, CA
- 2.2 9km E of Ojai, CA
- 1.8 9km E of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 7km SE 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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