Some of the natural hazards include wildfires , earthquakes , heat waves , droughts , landslides and erosion . The Conejo Valley is relatively often the victim of earthquakes , including the major 1994 Northridge earthquake . Along with most of Southern California , droughts are prevalent . The major drought of 1876 – 1878 , with only six inches of rain in thirty months , devastated Newbury Park and forced its founder , Egbert Starr Newbury , to leave the area
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Newbury Park, California