Minor earthquake: M2.85 quake has struck near Ojai in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ojai in CA on Wednesday. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:05:48 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci41131303. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41131303. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/25 / 2025-12-03 03:05:48 / December 3, 2025 @ 3:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.29566666667 West, latitude 34.425333333333 North, depth = 9.39 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.39 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Thousand Oaks (c. 126 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Flores, Topanga, Northridge.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WSW of Ojai, CA.

CA Las Flores Northridge Ojai Oxnard Oxnard Shores Santa Clarita Thousand Oaks Topanga United States Valencia

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.29566666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.425333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km WSW of Ojai, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-03 03:05:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-03 03:10:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	125	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	74	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02841	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci41131303	Id of event.
Event Code	41131303	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41131303,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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