Earthquakes in California
Quiet QuakeIndex 4 / 100
118 quakes 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
The last 30 days
Latest nearby
No earthquakes have been recorded in California in the period we currently hold. That is a real answer, not a missing one — quiet places exist.
Live, refreshed every 60 seconds · USGS · updated
Where this is
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Centre 36.933, -120.178 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured within 50 km of it.
Largest on record nearby
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 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 · within 50 km of the centre above.
Counties in California
- Alameda County
- Alpine County
- Amador County
- Butte County
- Calaveras County
- Colusa County
- Contra Costa County
- Del Norte County
- El Dorado County
- Fresno County
- Glenn County
- Humboldt County
- Imperial County
- Inyo County
- Kern County
- Kings County
- Lake County
- Lassen County
- Los Angeles County
- Madera County
- Marin County
- Mariposa County
- Mendocino County
- Merced County
- Modoc County
- Mono County
- Monterey County
- Napa County
- Nevada County
- Orange County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Riverside County
- Sacramento County
- San Benito County
- San Bernardino County
- San Diego County
- San Francisco County
- San Joaquin County
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Mateo County
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Siskiyou County
- Solano County
- Sonoma County
- Stanislaus County
- Sutter County
- Tehama County
- Trinity County
- Tulare County
- Tuolumne County
- Ventura County
- Yolo County
- Yuba County
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- Check the roads — Nevada Explorer, for Reno, Tahoe and the Sierra passes
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app