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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Ojai, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Ojai in the 24 hours to 6:59 am PST (14:59 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) south of Ojai, CA, at 11:00 am PST on 12 December 2025 (19:00 UTC), 9.8 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 9 km S of Ojai, CA
11 km (7 mi) N of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA · 87 km (54 mi) WNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 11:00 am PST on 12 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) south of Ojai, CA · earthquakes near Ojai
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 12 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Red Mountain fault, 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 335 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Ojai, 9 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: Oak View, Mira Monte, Meiners Oaks, Ventura, Saticoy, El Rio.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7 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 180,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 The 1925 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 50 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 44 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 46 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 26 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 28 km W 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 34.3675, -119.2618. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 12 km (7 mi) | E | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kern County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 157 km (97 mi) | NW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 19 km SSW of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.8 5 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.9 6 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.7 23 km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.2 12 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.6 12 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.7 5 km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA
- 1.6 11 km NNW of Santa Paula, CA
- 3.0 18 km SE of Port Hueneme, CA
- 2.6 22 km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.5 13 km NW of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 7 km SSW of Ojai, CA
- 1.6 8 km S of Ojai, CA
- 1.9 13 km NE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.2 11 km NNW 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
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