M3.2 earthquake 6km W of Oxnard, CA
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 6km W of Oxnard, CA on Sat, Nov 11, 1944, 3:05 PM GMT-7 (22:05 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1944-11-11 22:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.198° N, 119.252° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.625km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 29881 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.68km SW of Marina del Rey, CA · 29860 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.810km NE of Ventura, CA · 29902 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.612km WNW of Port Hueneme, CA · 29903 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.420km SW of Isla Vista, CA · 29903 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.65km WNW of Castaic, CA · 29907 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.224km WNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 29915 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3362462. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.