Swarm of quakes keeps rocking this SLO County farm. ‘It’s not been fun’
Jack Creek Farms owner Joy Barlogio spent Friday morning resetting the shelves of her farm store, after overnight seismic aftershocks rattled products off the shelves for the fourth day in a row.
That’s because the epicenter of the 4.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday was smack-dab in the middle of Jack Creek’s pumpkin patch, and at least 21 measurable aftershocks have been reported near the location since.
Barlogio told The Tribune that her family has felt as many as 29 rumbles right under their feet.
“It’s not been fun,” she said with the hint of a laugh in her voice.
SLO County business at the epicenter of earthquake activity
Jack Creek Farms is located just north of Highway 46 West between Paso Robles and Cambria.
It has a wide variety of products for sale, including honey, olive oil and balsamic vinegar — most of which are stored in glass containers.
Barlogio said those products have repeatedly fallen off the shelves, but nothing has broken. She added that some framed pictures have bounced off the walls, and nearly everything on two bookshelves facing the epicenter rattled off.
But besides a couple broken glass figurines and the irritation of having to repeatedly pick items up off the floor, Barlogio said her family has been lucky. They haven’t lost any products or seen any structural damage.
“We felt so blessed that God had a little bubble over us,” Barlogio’s youngest daughter, Mandy Evenson, added.
Barlogio’s family has lived on the Jack Creek Farms property for six generations, she told The Tribune. They’re no strangers to earthquakes, but this week’s rumbles have felt different.
Rather than long, rolling quakes, this week’s activity has felt more like abrupt jolts, she said.
She described the activity as “unnerving,” but said the family is going with the flow.
“You just have to remember we live in earthquake country,” she said.
This story was originally published November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM.
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