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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Fillmore, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Fillmore in the 24 hours to 12:02 pm PST (20:02 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 14 km (9 mi) E, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fillmore

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Fillmore, CA, at 10:27 am PDT on 26 June 2022 (17:27 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 11km NW of Fillmore, CA

73 km (46 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 28 km (18 mi) N of Camarillo, CA

10:27 am PDT, Jun 26, 2022 · · 11 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 18 kmLos Angeles County 74 kmSanta Barbara County 96 kmKern County 100 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
10:27 am PDT on 26 June 2022 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) northwest of Fillmore, CA · earthquakes near Fillmore
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ventura County, 18 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
San Cayetano fault, 5 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 1598 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Fillmore, 11 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: Santa Paula, Piru, Moorpark, Ojai, Saticoy, Meiners Oaks.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 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 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 3,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 48 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 31 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 25 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 47 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 9km N of Chatsworth, California · 37 km ESE 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 34.4747, -118.9885. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Ventura County, CA 18 km (11 mi) SW earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 74 km (46 mi) ESE earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 96 km (60 mi) W earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kern County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NNE earthquakes near Kern County
Orange County, CA 143 km (89 mi) SE earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 5km ESE of Ojai, CA
  2. 2.1 6km ENE of Ojai, CA
  3. 1.9 8km ESE of Piru, CA
  4. 1.6 13km NNE of Ojai, CA
  5. 1.8 15km N of Piru, CA
  6. 1.5 4km WNW of Fillmore, CA
  7. 1.9 14km NNW of Fillmore, CA
  8. 2.6 5km WSW of Ojai, CA
  9. 2.0 4km ENE of Simi Valley, CA
  10. 1.6 10km NNW of Piru, CA
  11. 1.7 13km NNW of Fillmore, CA
  12. 1.7 12km N of Piru, CA
  13. 1.7 12km N of Piru, CA
  14. 2.1 9km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  15. 1.6 3km WNW of Frazier Park, 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

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