Every recorded earthquake near
Earthquakes near East Foothills, CA
M 2.5
Latest: 3:52 am PDT on 19 September 2026 · 10 km (6 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near East Foothills was M 2.5, 10 km (6 mi) N of East Foothills, CA, at 3:52 am PDT on 19 September 2026. 9 people reported feeling it to USGS. 3 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.
- Within 30 km since 2016
- 1,063 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- In the last 12 months
- 81
- Largest since 2016
- M 5.1 on 25 October 2022, 15 km (9 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA
- Reported felt
- 424 of them have felt reports to USGS
USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page
The latest 50
- 2.1 10 km (6 mi) NNE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.5 8 km (5 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.5 10 km (6 mi) N of East Foothills, CA · felt by 9
- 2.6 20 km (13 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 6
- 1.9 6 km (4 mi) ENE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.8 4 km (2 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 1.5 16 km (10 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.6 15 km (10 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 1.8 17 km (10 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.1 20 km (12 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.2 6 km (4 mi) ENE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.3 21 km (13 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 2.0 15 km (10 mi) N of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 2.1 20 km (13 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 1.9 10 km (6 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.5 19 km (12 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.5 18 km (11 mi) NNW of East Foothills, CA
- 2.3 20 km (12 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 2.1 26 km (16 mi) NNW of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 1.8 19 km (12 mi) NNW of East Foothills, CA · felt by 5
- 2.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of East Foothills, CA · felt by 8
- 1.6 12 km (7 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.0 29 km (18 mi) SSW of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 2.5 29 km (18 mi) NE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 2
- 2.8 22 km (13 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 17
- 2.6 17 km (11 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 49
- 1.8 16 km (10 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.7 20 km (12 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 1.6 9 km (5 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 1.6 9 km (6 mi) ESE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.5 20 km (13 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 2
- 1.7 22 km (14 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 1.7 7 km (5 mi) E of East Foothills, CA
- 1.6 16 km (10 mi) SE of East Foothills, CA
- 2.5 13 km (8 mi) NNW of East Foothills, CA · felt by 32
- 2.2 8 km (5 mi) E of East Foothills, CA
- 1.8 8 km (5 mi) E of East Foothills, CA
- 1.9 8 km (5 mi) E of East Foothills, CA
- 1.9 28 km (18 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 2.4 28 km (18 mi) N of East Foothills, CA · felt by 19
- 1.8 29 km (18 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 2.3 4 km (2 mi) NE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 16
- 2.0 20 km (13 mi) N of East Foothills, CA
- 1.6 20 km (13 mi) N of East Foothills, CA · felt by 2
- 2.1 6 km (4 mi) ENE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 2
- 1.9 30 km (18 mi) ENE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 7
- 2.4 22 km (14 mi) ENE of East Foothills, CA · felt by 1
- 1.9 8 km (5 mi) E of East Foothills, 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 East Foothills time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after East Foothills are listed even when they are further out.
On the map
The white circle is East Foothills; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Before 2016
The USGS record since 1900 lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of East Foothills; the five largest:
- 6.9 The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake · 39 km S of East Foothills
- 6.5 Near Morgan Hill, California · 34 km SSE of East Foothills
- 6.2 Near San Jose, California · 9 km S of East Foothills
- 6.2 The 1984 Morgan Hill, California Earthquake · 15 km ESE of East Foothills
- 6.1 Near San Jose, California · 20 km S of East Foothills
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.
Nearest mapped faults
- Hayward fault, under 1 km from its surface trace
- Calaveras fault, 4 km from its surface trace
- Monte Vista-Shannon fault, 19 km from its surface trace
USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.
Nearby towns
San Jose 8 km · Milpitas 9 km · Sunnyvale 19 km · Cupertino 20 km · Saratoga 22 km · Fremont 24 km · Loyola 25 km · Lexington Hills 28 km
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