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M 3.3ml
Earthquake near Ojai, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Ojai in the 24 hours to 4:17 am PST (12:17 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 3.3 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south of Ojai, CA, at 7:06 am PST on 16 December 2025 (15:06 UTC), 4.3 km deep. 105 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km S of Ojai, CA
14 km (9 mi) N of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA · 88 km (55 mi) WNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 7:06 am PST on 16 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) south of Ojai, CA · earthquakes near Ojai
- Magnitude
- M 3.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 105 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 12 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Red Mountain fault, 4 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 133 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 52 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. In Ojai, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Ojai 6 km, intensity III · Ventura 13 km, intensity III · Santa Paula 18 km, intensity III · Oxnard 23 km, intensity II · Carpinteria 24 km, intensity II · Camarillo 28 km, intensity II · Moorpark 36 km, intensity II · Santa Barbara 41 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× more
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 470 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 41 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.5 30 km SW of Channel Islands Beach, California · 49 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 25 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1941 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake · 29 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 50 km SSE 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 34.3932, -119.2552. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 12 km (7 mi) | ESE | 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 | 116 km (72 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 155 km (96 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
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 1 km NE of Fillmore, CA
- 2.6 1 km NNE of Fillmore, CA
- 2.1 8 km NE of Ventura, CA
- 1.9 3 km N of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 6 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.1 14 km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA
- 1.9 10 km WSW of Ojai, CA
- 1.5 4 km WNW of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.5 7 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.1 4 km WNW of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.8 7 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.6 20 km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
- 1.6 19 km SSW of Carpinteria, CA
- 1.8 5 km SE of Carpinteria, CA
- 2.9 6 km SE 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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