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Earthquakes in California

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in California was M 2.7, 1 km N of Lake Davis, CA, at 8:16 am PST on 10 November 2026. 8 people reported feeling it to USGS. 10 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in California since.

In the last 24 hours, 12 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in California; the largest was M 2.7, 1 km N of Lake Davis, CA, at 8:16 am PST.

Last 24 hours
12
Last 7 days
89
Last 30 days
486 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 761
Last 12 months
7,732 · largest M 5.6 on 24 June 2026
Since 2016
100,697 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 7.1 on 5 July 2019, Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in California, where USGS names the state in the location

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Quiet QuakeIndex 7 / 100

99 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in California. Normal for here is 137 to 202 in a week.

Compared against California's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

If you felt one

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M2.7–M3.5), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in California

12 in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.

  1. 2.1 26 km SW of Gustine, CA 0 km deep
  2. 0.8 12 km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA 4 km deep
  3. 1.4 12 km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA 5 km deep
  4. 0.7 2 km SE of The Geysers, CA 2 km deep
  5. 0.5 9 km WNW of The Geysers, CA 2 km deep
  6. 0.8 5 km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA 5 km deep
  7. 0.7 8 km NW of The Geysers, CA 2 km deep
  8. 1.8 9 km N of Redwood Valley, CA 8 km deep
  9. 0.9 8 km NW of The Geysers, CA 2 km deep
  10. 0.3 10 km WSW of Anza, CA 5 km deep
  11. 1.3 15 km S of Tres Pinos, CA 6 km deep
  12. 1.2 5 km W of Grapevine, CA 14 km deep

Source USGS · snapshot of

The last 7 days on the map

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Every earthquake in California in the last 7 days, from the USGS feed. Colour and size are magnitude; tap one for its page.

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Largest on record in and around California

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake
M 6.4 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
M 6.4 15km WSW of Ferndale, CA
M 6.2 7km N of Petrolia, CA
M 6.0 Antelope Valley, CA
M 5.8 18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
M 5.7 2024 Parker Butte, Nevada Earthquake

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around California, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in California since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 521 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off California; the 8 largest:

  1. 7.9 The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake
  2. 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake
  3. 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake
  4. 7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake
  5. 7.2 The 1992 Petrolia, California Earthquake
  6. 7.2 The 2010 Sierra El Mayor, B.C., Mexico Earthquake
  7. 7.1 The 1999 Hector Mine, California Earthquake
  8. 6.9 The 1927 Lompoc, California Earthquake

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The busiest mapped faults in California

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and the QuakeIndex catalogue. Every major fault →

The most active counties in California

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Lake County 9,673 Typical (42)
Sonoma County 8,851 Typical (32)
San Benito County 4,727 Typical (45)
Monterey County 3,793 Typical (49)
Napa County 3,317 Typical (59)
Alameda County 3,054 Typical (48)
Alpine County 2,622 Quiet (0)
Santa Clara County 2,521 Typical (42)
Contra Costa County 2,403 Typical (35)
Mendocino County 2,258 Typical (72)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in California with the most earthquakes named after them

Ridgecrest 1,938 M2.5+ named after it · Searles Valley 1,080 M2.5+ named after it · Mammoth Lakes 545 M2.5+ named after it · Fortuna 542 M2.5+ named after it · Salinas 384 M2.5+ named after it · Santa Rosa 379 M2.5+ named after it · Ferndale 345 M2.5+ named after it · Cobb 227 M2.5+ named after it · Brawley 225 M2.5+ named after it · Lone Pine 208 M2.5+ named after it · Calipatria 138 M2.5+ named after it · El Centro 128 M2.5+ named after it · Coalinga 126 M2.5+ named after it · Bakersfield 116 M2.5+ named after it · Anza 114 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in California

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.