M2.3 earthquake 13km WSW of Ojai, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 13km WSW of Ojai, CA on Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:01 PM PDT (00:01 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5km NNW of Thousand Oaks, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-29 00:01:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.391° N, 119.363° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.815km NE of Taft, CA · 1892 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.418km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1884 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 22
- 1.618km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1884 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.53km SSE of Piru, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.013km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.825km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.712km WSW of Ventura, CA · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.66km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.623km NE of Maricopa, CA · 1863 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.78km E of Ojai, CA · 1862 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.718km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.418km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1859 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km SSW of Malibu, CA · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1855 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.621km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1855 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.014km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.85km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 17
- 2.211km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CA · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.65km NNW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 1846 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2,275
- 2.91km NNE of San Fernando, CA · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 400
- 1.721km S of Rosedale, CA · 1844 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1844 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km W of Taft, CA · 1842 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Malibu, CA · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.09km S of Lamont, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.424km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1894 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.016km S of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1895 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.118km N of Fillmore, CA · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.721km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1902 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1905 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.515km SSE of Malibu, CA · 1912 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.517km N of Fillmore, CA · 1914 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 1915 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 1.617km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 1915 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.91km SW of Sherman Oaks, CA · 1917 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 111
- 1.617km NNW of Neenach, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713km N of Piru, CA · 1919 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.63km NE of Malibu, CA · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.422km S of Solvang, CA · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39756567. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC.