90+ Quakes in Fillmore area

Fillmore was shaking, rattling and almost rolling last week but no one seemed to notice.

More than 90 earthquakes swarmed through the area, ranging from 2.0 to 2.8.

The quakes started at 4pm Wednesday, July 8th, with a magniture-2.0 quake, striking 4 miles west of Fillmore. Only two of the quakes measured above a 2.5-magnitude, according to the US Geological Survey. A 2.8-magniture struck at 6:33am Thursday, July 9th, 3 miles west of Fillmore, and amagnitude-2.6 quake hit at 11:04am, Thursday, 4 miles west of Fillmore.

Seismologist Lucy Jones by tweeting “EQ swarms like today’s have occurred in the past in Ventura basin. They start gradually and usually last for several days and then terminate.”

The quakes seem to have dissipated after a couple of days, which Jones said is common.

Fillmore has several faults surrounding it including: the Timber Canyon Fault, the San Cayetano Fault, and the infamous Oak Ridge Fault, which cause considerable damage during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.