Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Blue Lake, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 11:54 pm PDT on 27 May 2026 · 23 km (14 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Blue Lake was M 2.5, 23 km (14 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA, at 11:54 pm PDT on 27 May 2026. 5 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 189 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 25
Largest since 2016: M 4.8 on 21 July 2016, 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Blue Lake, CA
Reported felt: 71 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 11 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 3 minutes ago · this page 01:38 UTC

The latest 50

2.2 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Blue Lake, CA Aug 29, 2026
1:00 pm PDT
1.6 11 km (7 mi) NE of Blue Lake, CA Jul 25, 2026
12:27 pm PDT
2.3 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Blue Lake, CA Jun 29, 2026
9:41 am PDT
1.9 20 km (12 mi) SE of Blue Lake, CA Jun 14, 2026
12:51 pm PDT
2.3 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Blue Lake, CA Jun 9, 2026
8:38 pm PDT
2.5 23 km (14 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA May 27, 2026
11:54 pm PDT
2.4 23 km (14 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA May 27, 2026
11:25 pm PDT
2.4 16 km (10 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 3 May 21, 2026
10:29 pm PDT
1.8 17 km (10 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA May 21, 2026
6:37 pm PDT
1.9 27 km (17 mi) N of Blue Lake, CA May 15, 2026
10:22 am PDT
2.3 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Blue Lake, CA May 11, 2026
4:05 am PDT
2.0 27 km (17 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA May 10, 2026
5:41 pm PDT
2.6 24 km (15 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 7 May 4, 2026
8:13 am PDT
2.2 20 km (12 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA Mar 12, 2026
2:50 pm PDT
1.9 19 km (12 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA Mar 12, 2026
2:50 pm PDT
2.4 19 km (12 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 1 Mar 12, 2026
1:41 am PDT
2.4 26 km (16 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 7 Mar 11, 2026
4:54 am PDT
1.8 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Blue Lake, CA Mar 1, 2026
5:33 pm PST
1.6 28 km (17 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA Jan 25, 2026
10:08 am PST
1.9 28 km (17 mi) SE of Blue Lake, CA Jan 16, 2026
2:23 pm PST
2.0 21 km (13 mi) E of Blue Lake, CA Jan 9, 2026
12:57 pm PST
1.9 27 km (17 mi) SE of Blue Lake, CA Dec 22, 2025
2:17 pm PST
1.8 16 km (10 mi) N of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 1 Dec 11, 2025
3:30 pm PST
3.2 4 km (2 mi) NNE of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 351 Dec 11, 2025
5:35 am PST
1.8 23 km (14 mi) E of Blue Lake, CA Oct 15, 2025
6:55 pm PDT
2.0 26 km (16 mi) E of Blue Lake, CA Sep 11, 2025
6:50 am PDT
2.0 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Blue Lake, CA Sep 9, 2025
9:32 am PDT
2.2 8 km (5 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA Aug 1, 2025
7:02 pm PDT
2.9 23 km (14 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 14 Aug 1, 2025
4:26 am PDT
2.1 28 km (18 mi) N of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 1 Jun 30, 2025
12:05 am PDT
2.2 19 km (12 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA Jun 29, 2025
5:20 am PDT
3.1 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 345 Jun 22, 2025
9:50 am PDT
2.1 27 km (17 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA May 29, 2025
7:59 pm PDT
2.3 29 km (18 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 2 May 28, 2025
7:26 am PDT
2.5 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 2 May 13, 2025
9:13 pm PDT
2.0 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Blue Lake, CA Feb 10, 2025
1:01 am PST
2.2 26 km (16 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 6 Feb 4, 2025
9:08 pm PST
2.0 11 km (7 mi) E of Blue Lake, CA Dec 4, 2024
5:43 am PST
1.8 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Blue Lake, CA Oct 23, 2024
10:36 pm PDT
2.0 24 km (15 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA Oct 10, 2024
11:38 pm PDT
2.0 4 km (2 mi) NE of Blue Lake, CA Sep 14, 2024
4:54 am PDT
4.0 9 km (6 mi) SE of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 926 May 14, 2024
11:39 pm PDT
2.3 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Blue Lake, CA Apr 25, 2024
4:11 pm PDT
2.3 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 20 Apr 25, 2024
11:33 am PDT
2.0 17 km (11 mi) W of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 5 Apr 24, 2024
10:13 pm PDT
1.8 18 km (11 mi) S of Blue Lake, CA Dec 10, 2023
8:32 pm PST
2.0 10 km (6 mi) ESE of Blue Lake, CA Oct 27, 2023
12:04 am PDT
2.2 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Blue Lake, CA Oct 19, 2023
12:37 am PDT
2.9 19 km (12 mi) NW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 48 Oct 3, 2023
8:46 pm PDT
2.3 26 km (16 mi) SW of Blue Lake, CA · felt by 1 Sep 23, 2023
9:52 pm PDT

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 Blue Lake time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Blue Lake are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Blue Lake; the five largest:

7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake · 34 km NW of Blue Lake 1980
6.5 The 1932 Eureka, California Earthquake · 31 km SW of Blue Lake 1932
6.4 Northwest of Eureka, California · 45 km WNW of Blue Lake 1906
6.4 The 1954 Eureka-Arcata, California Earthquake · 9 km ESE of Blue Lake 1954
6.0 Near Rio Dell, California · 46 km SSW of Blue Lake 1909

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

Mad River fault, under 1 km from its surface trace
Bald Mountain-Big Lagoon fault, 9 km from its surface trace
Little Salmon fault, 23 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Bayside 8 km · Arcata 9 km · McKinleyville 12 km · Eureka 18 km · Westhaven-Moonstone 21 km · Bayview 21 km · Pine Hills 22 km · Humboldt Hill 25 km

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