Minor earthquake, 2.983769531361 mag was detected near Ojai in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.983769531361 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ojai in CA. Unique identifier: ci41143767. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41143767. Exact location of earthquake, -119.25116729736° West, 34.390998840332° North, depth 8.420000076294 km. The temblor was detected at 14:01:43 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.420000076294 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 14:01:43 / December 20, 2025 @ 2:01 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Van Nuys (c. 136 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, San Fernando.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Ojai, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Ojai Oxnard Oxnard Shores San Fernando Santa Clarita Sherman Oaks United States Valencia Van Nuys

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.983769531361 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.25116729736° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.390998840332° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.420000076294 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km S 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	2025-12-20 14:01:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-20 14:07:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.701	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	138	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	91	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03979	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.280000001 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	ci41143767	Id of event.
Event Code	41143767	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41143767,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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