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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Fillmore, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Fillmore in the 24 hours to 7:22 am PST (15:22 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 20 km (12 mi) north of Fillmore, CA, at 3:14 am PST on 21 February 2024 (11:14 UTC), 9.8 km deep.
USGS: 20 km N of Fillmore, CA
79 km (49 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 39 km (24 mi) NNW of Simi Valley, CA
- When
- 3:14 am PST on 21 February 2024 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) north of Fillmore, CA · earthquakes near Fillmore
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 29 km SW
- 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 994 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. In Fillmore, 20 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: Piru, Santa Paula, Frazier Park.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 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 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 5.1 on 2023-08-20 — about 83,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 43 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 36 km N of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 46 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 36 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 15 km NNW 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 34.5745, -118.9478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kern County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Orange County, CA | 147 km (91 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 8 km ESE of Ojai, CA
- 2.0 8 km ESE of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 9 km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.9 6 km SE of Ojai, CA
- 1.9 8 km SSW of Santa Clarita, CA
- 1.8 3 km NE of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 6 km S of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.4 6 km ESE of Ojai, CA
- 1.9 25 km NE of Ojai, CA
- 2.2 25 km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.7 10 km W of Grapevine, CA
- 2.1 13 km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.7 13 km ESE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.1 14 km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.5 13 km N of Fillmore, 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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