M1.6 earthquake 11km WNW of Ojai, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11km WNW of Ojai, CA on Tue, May 18, 1982, 12:59 PM PDT (19:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 9km WNW of Frazier Park, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-18 19:59:56 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.471° N, 119.356° 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.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.719km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16207 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.538km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16206 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.23km SW of Valencia, CA · 16206 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.12km S of Valencia, CA · 16206 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.319km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16204 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.611km WNW of Ojai, CA · 16203 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16203 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.33km NNE of Pacoima, CA · 16201 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.712km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16200 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.08km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16198 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.718km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16197 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.819km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16197 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.017km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16197 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.520km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16197 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16196 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.26km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16195 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16195 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.84km NW of Castaic, CA · 16193 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.526km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16191 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.18km NE of Grapevine, CA · 16190 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.09km WNW of Frazier Park, CA · 16189 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.818km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16189 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.122km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16189 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.56km NE of Taft, CA · 16188 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16186 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.222km SSE of Malibu, CA · 16186 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.424km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16184 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.417km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16182 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16181 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Frazier Park, CA · 16180 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.619km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16180 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.56km SSE of Montecito, CA · 16178 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.818km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16176 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.37km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16174 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.59km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 16174 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.912km N of Sunland, CA · 16173 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Santa Ynez, CA · 16173 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.212km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 16165 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.17km WSW of Arvin, CA · 16165 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.28km WSW of Arvin, CA · 16164 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16163 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.711km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16162 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.07km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16161 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 16161 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.419km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16158 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513km SW of Arvin, CA · 16157 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.317km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16157 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.03km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 16154 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 2.49km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16213 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.522km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km SSW of Valencia, CA · 16216 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.419km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16218 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.619km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16219 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.421km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16219 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.828km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16220 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.323km SW of Malibu, CA · 16221 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.623km SW of Lamont, CA · 16221 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.88km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16221 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.79km SSW of Arvin, CA · 16222 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.98km SE of Malibu, CA · 16226 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 16226 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.52km ESE of Chatsworth, CA · 16226 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.520km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16227 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.620km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16227 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.217km SSE of Camarillo, CA · 16229 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.81km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16231 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.317km SW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 16232 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16233 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
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