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Earthquakes near Corning, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Corning in the 24 hours to 1:41 am PST (09:41 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 81 km (51 mi) SW, at 5:01 am PDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 14 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.7

Latest: 1:18 am PDT on 2 September 2026 · 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Corning, CA

The most recent earthquake near Corning was M 2.7, 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Corning, CA, at 1:18 am PDT on 2 September 2026, 26 km deep. 5 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Corning 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 Corning in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 1 months
Last 12 months
8 · largest M 2.9 on 29 November 2025
Since 2016
93 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.2 on 10 December 2017, 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Corning, CA
Reported felt
21 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Great Valley thrust fault system, 30 km from its surface trace

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. 2.7 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Corning, CA · felt by 5
  2. 2.5 12 km (8 mi) NW of Corning, CA
  3. 2.2 25 km (15 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  4. 2.4 25 km (16 mi) NNE of Corning, CA
  5. 2.7 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  6. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) ESE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  7. 2.9 18 km (11 mi) NW of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  8. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  9. 1.9 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  10. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) W of Corning, CA
  11. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  12. 2.7 21 km (13 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  13. 2.4 21 km (13 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  14. 2.2 20 km (12 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  15. 2.4 27 km (17 mi) N of Corning, CA
  16. 2.6 27 km (17 mi) N of Corning, CA
  17. 2.3 20 km (13 mi) NE of Corning, CA
  18. 1.9 43 km (27 mi) W of Corning, CA
  19. 2.3 43 km (27 mi) W of Corning, CA
  20. 2.3 20 km (13 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  21. 2.5 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  22. 2.7 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Corning, CA · felt by 2
  23. 2.2 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  24. 2.9 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  25. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  26. 2.3 49 km (30 mi) W of Corning, CA
  27. 2.7 21 km (13 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  28. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Corning, CA
  29. 2.9 22 km (13 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  30. 2.5 30 km (18 mi) ESE of Corning, CA
  31. 2.5 23 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  32. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  33. 2.1 20 km (13 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  34. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  35. 2.4 25 km (16 mi) N of Corning, CA
  36. 1.8 30 km (18 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  37. 2.4 16 km (10 mi) NNE of Corning, CA
  38. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) NNE of Corning, CA
  39. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NE of Corning, CA
  40. 1.9 14 km (8 mi) E of Corning, CA
  41. 2.3 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Corning, CA
  42. 2.4 17 km (10 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  43. 2.2 6 km (4 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  44. 2.3 6 km (4 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  45. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  46. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  47. 2.5 23 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 1
  48. 2.5 22 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA
  49. 2.6 23 km (14 mi) SE of Corning, CA · felt by 5
  50. 2.1 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Corning, 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 Corning time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Corning are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Corning

The strongest shaking in Corning from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 3.2 on 10 December 2017, 22 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 Corning (est.)
M 3.2 22 kmII · Weak · felt by 194
M 2.9 22 kmII · Weak
M 2.8 22 kmII · Weak · felt by 5
M 2.7 21 kmII · Weak
M 2.9 24 kmII · Weak · felt by 6

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. 3 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 Corning.

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.

Nearby towns

Rancho Tehama Reserve 21 km · Hamilton City 25 km · Red Bluff 28 km · Chico 37 km

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