Tuesday’s earthquake activity was in the proximity of the San Cayetano Fault which also runs throughout the Santa Clara River Valley north of the Oak Ridge Fault.Fillmore’s downtown business district was decimated during the Northridge earthquake, which struck Jan. 17, and residential neighborhoods also received major damage; the earthquake ruptured a major pipeline in Highway 126 causing a shutdown of the freeway east of Fillmore.Santa Paula received about $50,000 damage from the earthquake when a strong aftershock on Jan. 19 caused chimneys cracked during the Jan. 17 6.8 magnitude shocker to tumble. Although Santa Paula is only nine miles from Fillmore and major damage from the Jan. 17 earthquake occurred throughout Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks as well as far away as Santa Monica, the fallen chimneys were the only damage reported in the city.Fillmore has been the site of heightened earthquake activity in nearby areas, including several swarms last year that featured hundreds of small earthquakes.No damage or injuries were reported to the Ventura County Sheriff substation in Fillmore following Tuesday’s earthquake and aftershock.
Fillmore residents jolted awake by early 3.3 magnitude earthquake
January 30, 2002
Santa Paula News
Residents in neighboring Fillmore were awakened by a jolt early Tuesday when a small earthquake jarred the city after midnight.
The magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit at 12:39 a.m. northwest of Fillmore, following by what is believed to be an aftershock - a tiny 1.9 magnitude - at 11:11 a.m. The aftershock occurred 10 miles northwest of Fillmore, according to seismic analyst Nick Scheckel, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesResidents in neighboring Fillmore were awakened by a jolt early Tuesday when a small earthquake jarred the city after midnight.The magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit at 12:39 a.m. northwest of Fillmore, following by what is believed to be an aftershock - a tiny 1.9 magnitude - at 11:11 a.m. The aftershock occurred 10 miles northwest of Fillmore, according to seismic analyst Nick Scheckel, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.“I didn’t feel it; unless I roll out of bed I don’t feel it,” said Pat Untiedt, whose El Dorado mobile home received major damage in the 1994 earthquake. “The dogs didn’t even feel it. . .we have the earthquake braces and I think that helps.”Fillmore received major damage in the 1999 Northridge earthquake which many seismologists believe might have been triggered by the Oak Ridge Fault, which runs throughout the Santa Clara River Valley.
