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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Firebaugh, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Firebaugh in the 24 hours to 1:24 am PST (09:24 UTC). The last one was M 3.9, 72 km (45 mi) WSW, at 3:19 am PDT on 11 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 34 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.7

Latest: 5:25 pm PDT on 2 April 2022 · 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Firebaugh was M 2.7, 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA, at 5:25 pm PDT on 2 April 2022, 5 km deep. 1 person reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Firebaugh was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 14 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Firebaugh since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 3 months
Last 12 months
4 · largest M 2.2 on 22 April 2026
Since 2016
47 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.3 on 7 April 2021, 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
Reported felt
9 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Great Valley thrust fault system, 26 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 47

  1. 1.5 15 km (9 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  2. 1.5 20 km (13 mi) S of Firebaugh, CA
  3. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) NE of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 1
  4. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) W of Firebaugh, CA
  5. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  6. 2.1 27 km (17 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  7. 2.2 25 km (16 mi) NNE of Firebaugh, CA
  8. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) W of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 1
  9. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Firebaugh, CA
  10. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) W of Firebaugh, CA
  11. 2.2 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  12. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  13. 2.3 18 km (11 mi) NE of Firebaugh, CA
  14. 2.2 20 km (13 mi) NE of Firebaugh, CA
  15. 2.7 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 1
  16. 1.9 25 km (16 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  17. 2.1 23 km (14 mi) NE of Firebaugh, CA
  18. 1.9 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  19. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  20. 2.1 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  21. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  22. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 1
  23. 3.3 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 8
  24. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  25. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  26. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  27. 2.7 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 4
  28. 2.8 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 5
  29. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  30. 2.3 25 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  31. 2.4 25 km (16 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 2
  32. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  33. 2.1 30 km (18 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  34. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  35. 2.0 20 km (12 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  36. 1.8 23 km (15 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  37. 2.2 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  38. 2.4 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  39. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  40. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA
  41. 2.5 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Firebaugh, CA · felt by 11
  42. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Firebaugh, CA
  43. 1.7 22 km (13 mi) W of Firebaugh, CA
  44. 2.6 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Firebaugh, CA
  45. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, CA
  46. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) W of Firebaugh, CA
  47. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Firebaugh, 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 Firebaugh time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Firebaugh are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Firebaugh; dots are the 47 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Firebaugh

The strongest shaking in Firebaugh from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 3.3 on 7 April 2021, 24 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 Firebaugh (est.)
M 3.3 24 kmII · Weak · felt by 8
M 2.8 24 kmII · Weak · felt by 5
M 2.2 18 kmII · Weak
M 2.4 20 kmII · Weak
M 2.6 24 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. 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Firebaugh:

  1. 6.1 Northwest of Huron, California · 42 km SSW of Firebaugh

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

Mendota 13 km · South Dos Palos 21 km

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