Earthquakes in Ventura, CA: The bigger problem

the swarm goes on?

the swarm goes on?

Yep. My friends in Ventura are posting that they keep feeling earthquakes. 3 felt within the last 6 hours.

hmm i bet is not very conforting
I have found a live cam from the Ventura harbor
[link to venturaharbor.com (secure)]

Cool. Thanks.

Another friend just posted 10 mins ago that it feels like the ground is just constantly moving.

Good thing Ventura has high elevations to escape to.

Yeah, but a tsunami that arrives less than a minute after an EQ doesn't give people much time to get higher. Then, there's Oxnard. Hundreds of thousands of people are low down in the flood plains.

Thread: Biblical size EQ coming to the West Coast USA soon!

two live feeds from the area

[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]
[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]

OP, you're a real Ace

TY!

Pet detective

Well done Sir!

How many quakes have there been?

What magnitude?

I have much family in SB.

5 3-pointers in the last ~36 hours. About 30 2-pointers. The frequency is going up. It's swarming.

Yikes...

[link to scedc.caltech.edu (secure)]

I live in Ventura. We're used to earthquakes but they usually roll. These are quick jerks and almost feels like you're falling a little. Like sinking? I'm sure we're not but they're just so unusual!

Hmmm...
Yeah, I lived in VTA for decades. Moved north and east, up in the mountains. I think I felt one just about an hour ago, but nothing is on the USGS maps except the Ventura quakes.

Looks like they're hitting directly under Ventura.

How long ago was the last one you felt?

Sorry that was me not logged in above. The last one I felt was the 2.8 at 11:56am. I work near county hospital and we've feel the 2's all day

Dang. I hope construction on the new hospital has stopped while these swarms are going on.

5km W of Santa Barbara Is., CA 2.5

This thread is probably the biggest news happening today and yet it remains unpinned.

Is there really underwater asphalt volcanoes off the coast there? One youtube person is claiming this.

Agreed. This is not normal at all. Swarming is unusual for Ventura.

Ventura is also essentially the last bit of the Garlock fault, which reaches southwest from Ridgecrest. They call it a different name, I'm sure, but I'd bet you good money that the zigzag fault below Tejon and above Ventura is just an extension of the Garlock.

I see that local swarm on Google Earth.

It is as you describe.

If you live anywhere near there get that GO bag full of meds etc. and next to the front door.

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All the Best

If there are, then they're probably much further offshore. I think we'd see more volcanic stones on our beaches if it was close by. However, I do know that there is quite a bot of volcanic rock right where CSUCI is in Camarillo. I believe that area was once volcanically active. So, there very well could be one that I haven't heard about right off shore.

Something really cool about the underwater canyon between VTA and the Islands is something that doesn't exist anywhere else - at least to the same scale (last I checked). There are massive underwater forests of giant kelp. I'll try to see if I can find a video.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov (secure)]

Can we please go back to 1972?