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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Fillmore, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Fillmore in the 24 hours to 6:05 am PST (14:05 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 2.8 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Fillmore, CA, at 5:29 pm PST on 15 December 2025 (01:29 UTC), 11 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13 km NW of Fillmore, CA
76 km (47 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA · 30 km (18 mi) N of Camarillo, CA
- When
- 5:29 pm PST on 15 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Fillmore, CA · earthquakes near Fillmore
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 18 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Santa Ynez fault, 7 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 247 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 25 km (16 mi) from the epicentre. In Fillmore, 13 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.
Likely felt in: Santa Paula 15 km, intensity II · Ojai 21 km, intensity II · Piru 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 460 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 33,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 23,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 460 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 2,700 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 47 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km NNE of Simi Valley, California · 34 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 24 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 44 km W of this epicentre
- 5.2 9km N of Chatsworth, California · 41 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 34.4883, -119.0173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 18 km (11 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Kern County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Orange County, CA | 146 km (90 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.
- 1.7 23 km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.2 12 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.6 12 km E of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.6 11 km NNW of Santa Paula, CA
- 2.0 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 2.6 22 km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.9 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 1.5 13 km NW of Fillmore, CA
- 2.0 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 1.8 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 1.8 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 2.8 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 2.5 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Valencia, CA
- 2.2 10 km SSW of Valencia, 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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- 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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