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Earthquakes near Chowchilla, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Chowchilla in the 24 hours to 8:07 pm PST (04:07 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 20 km (13 mi) SE, at 5:14 am PDT on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 2.6

Latest: 5:14 am PDT on 29 October 2026 · 20 km (13 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA

The most recent earthquake near Chowchilla was M 2.6, 20 km (13 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA, at 5:14 am PDT on 29 October 2026, 12 km deep. The estimated shaking in Chowchilla was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Chowchilla in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
1 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
3 · largest M 2.6 on 29 October 2026
Since 2016
60 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.4 on 15 January 2023, 28 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
Reported felt
13 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 2.6 20 km (13 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA
  2. 2.2 18 km (11 mi) S of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 1
  3. 2.3 25 km (15 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA
  4. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA
  5. 2.1 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA
  6. 2.2 10 km (6 mi) SW of Chowchilla, CA
  7. 2.2 28 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  8. 2.9 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 5
  9. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  10. 2.3 24 km (15 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  11. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 1
  12. 3.4 28 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 207
  13. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 1
  14. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 3
  15. 2.2 30 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  16. 2.4 27 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 5
  17. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  18. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  19. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  20. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  21. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  22. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  23. 3.0 30 km (19 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 202
  24. 2.3 30 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  25. 2.1 27 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  26. 2.5 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  27. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) E of Chowchilla, CA
  28. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 2
  29. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  30. 2.3 19 km (12 mi) S of Chowchilla, CA
  31. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 3
  32. 2.2 18 km (11 mi) S of Chowchilla, CA
  33. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 1
  34. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA
  35. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Chowchilla, CA
  36. 2.2 15 km (9 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA
  37. 1.9 9 km (6 mi) ESE of Chowchilla, CA
  38. 2.5 28 km (17 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 3
  39. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) S of Chowchilla, CA
  40. 2.1 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Chowchilla, CA
  41. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  42. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  43. 1.7 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA
  44. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  45. 2.5 30 km (18 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA · felt by 4
  46. 2.1 14 km (9 mi) E of Chowchilla, CA
  47. 1.6 30 km (19 mi) NE of Chowchilla, CA
  48. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Chowchilla, CA
  49. 1.8 30 km (19 mi) SE of Chowchilla, CA
  50. 1.8 19 km (12 mi) SE of Chowchilla, 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 Chowchilla time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Chowchilla are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Chowchilla

The strongest shaking in Chowchilla from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 3.4 on 15 January 2023, 28 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 Chowchilla (est.)
M 3.4 28 kmII · Weak · felt by 207
M 3.0 30 kmII · Weak · felt by 202
M 2.9 27 kmII · Weak · felt by 5
M 2.6 20 kmII · Weak
M 2.1 14 kmII · Weak

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. 4 of these 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 no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Chowchilla.

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

Nearby towns

South Dos Palos 39 km

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