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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Ventura, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Ventura in the 24 hours to 10:31 am PST (18:31 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 50 km (31 mi) ENE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Ventura
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southwest of Ventura, CA, at 7:30 am PDT on 7 October 2026 (14:30 UTC), 19 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 14 km SW of Ventura, CA
11 km (7 mi) SW of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA · 89 km (55 mi) WNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 7:30 am PDT on 7 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) south-southwest of Ventura, CA · earthquakes near Ventura
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 26 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Oak Ridge fault (offshore), 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 36 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 Ventura, 10 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: Channel Islands Beach, Port Hueneme, Oxnard, El Rio, Saticoy, Oak View.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 69 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 The 1925 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 27 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 24 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 37 km SE 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 34.2042, -119.3492. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 26 km (16 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 73 km (46 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | E | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
15 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 14 km WSW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
- 1.5 7 km S of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 20 km NW of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 15 km S of Santa Barbara, CA
- 1.8 16 km S of Santa Barbara, CA
- 2.1 15 km S of Santa Barbara, CA
- 1.1 18 km N of Santa Paula, CA
- 0.8 5 km SW of Ojai, CA
- 1.9 9 km NW of Santa Paula, CA
- 2.3 5 km W of Malibu, CA
- 1.3 8 km WSW of Westlake Village, CA
- 1.3 11 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.9 11 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.2 11 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.2 11 km ENE of Carpinteria, 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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