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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Baldwin Park, CA

M 3.4

Latest: 5:11 pm PDT on 6 September 2025 · 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Baldwin Park was M 3.4, 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA, at 5:11 pm PDT on 6 September 2025. 549 people reported feeling it to USGS. 29 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016
431 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months
28
Largest since 2016
M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 12 km (8 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA
Reported felt
192 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page

The latest 50

  1. 1.5 3 km (2 mi) NW of Baldwin Park, CA
  2. 1.6 17 km (10 mi) S of Baldwin Park, CA
  3. 1.9 25 km (16 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA
  4. 1.7 17 km (11 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  5. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) W of Baldwin Park, CA
  6. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 10
  7. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SW of Baldwin Park, CA
  8. 1.7 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA
  9. 1.8 9 km (6 mi) S of Baldwin Park, CA
  10. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA
  11. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  12. 2.1 28 km (18 mi) SSW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 63
  13. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Baldwin Park, CA
  14. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 1
  15. 1.7 22 km (14 mi) NW of Baldwin Park, CA
  16. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) SE of Baldwin Park, CA
  17. 1.8 in Baldwin Park, CA
  18. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) E of Baldwin Park, CA
  19. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SW of Baldwin Park, CA
  20. 1.8 2 km (1 mi) NNW of Baldwin Park, CA
  21. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  22. 1.8 30 km (19 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  23. 1.9 17 km (11 mi) E of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 1
  24. 1.8 15 km (10 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  25. 1.5 30 km (19 mi) SE of Baldwin Park, CA
  26. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) W of Baldwin Park, CA
  27. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) W of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 25
  28. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 1
  29. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) S of Baldwin Park, CA
  30. 3.4 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 549
  31. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) SE of Baldwin Park, CA
  32. 2.4 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 181
  33. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA
  34. 2.0 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 2
  35. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 11
  36. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) N of Baldwin Park, CA
  37. 1.6 22 km (13 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  38. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 3
  39. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) SE of Baldwin Park, CA
  40. 1.8 3 km (2 mi) NNW of Baldwin Park, CA
  41. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) ENE of Baldwin Park, CA
  42. 2.5 28 km (17 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 36
  43. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) NW of Baldwin Park, CA
  44. 1.6 14 km (8 mi) NW of Baldwin Park, CA
  45. 1.9 17 km (10 mi) SSW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 8
  46. 1.5 30 km (19 mi) SW of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 2
  47. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Baldwin Park, CA
  48. 1.8 28 km (18 mi) SE of Baldwin Park, CA · felt by 1
  49. 1.7 3 km (2 mi) N of Baldwin Park, CA
  50. 1.7 28 km (18 mi) WSW of Baldwin Park, CA

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Baldwin Park time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Baldwin Park are listed even when they are further out.

On the map

The white circle is Baldwin Park; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Baldwin Park

The strongest shaking in Baldwin Park from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity IV (light), from the M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 12 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Baldwin Park (est.)
M 4.5 12 kmIV · Light · felt by 21,402
M 4.4 18 kmIV · Light · felt by 6,155
M 4.4 20 kmIII · Weak · felt by 24,250
M 3.4 18 kmIII · Weak · felt by 134
M 3.4 20 kmIII · Weak · felt by 3,589

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Baldwin Park; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 11 km WSW of Baldwin Park
  2. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 21 km N of Baldwin Park
  3. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 25 km ENE of Baldwin Park
  4. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 24 km SE of Baldwin Park
  5. 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 44 km ENE of Baldwin Park

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

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