Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Golden Hills, CA

M 2.7

Latest: 6:18 pm PDT on 4 August 2025 · 27 km (17 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Golden Hills was M 2.7, 27 km (17 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA, at 6:18 pm PDT on 4 August 2025. 30 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 493 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 20
Largest since 2016: M 3.7 on 13 April 2018, 28 km (18 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA
Reported felt: 105 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 2 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 12 minutes ago · this page 02:12 UTC

The latest 50

2.0 17 km (10 mi) NW of Golden Hills, CA Sep 24, 2026
1:13 am PDT
1.5 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Golden Hills, CA Sep 20, 2026
6:26 pm PDT
2.0 22 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 1 Sep 4, 2026
5:04 am PDT
1.5 16 km (10 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Aug 14, 2026
11:49 am PDT
1.6 16 km (10 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Jun 30, 2026
12:44 pm PDT
1.7 16 km (10 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Jun 18, 2026
11:31 am PDT
1.8 24 km (15 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA May 13, 2026
12:19 am PDT
1.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Apr 20, 2026
11:33 pm PDT
1.9 23 km (14 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 1 Mar 2, 2026
5:19 pm PST
1.5 9 km (5 mi) E of Golden Hills, CA Mar 2, 2026
3:37 pm PST
1.5 16 km (10 mi) NW of Golden Hills, CA Jan 27, 2026
7:30 am PST
1.5 21 km (13 mi) E of Golden Hills, CA Jan 26, 2026
7:59 pm PST
1.7 27 km (17 mi) E of Golden Hills, CA Jan 26, 2026
8:49 am PST
1.8 16 km (10 mi) NW of Golden Hills, CA Jan 24, 2026
11:18 am PST
1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jan 3, 2026
11:35 pm PST
1.5 21 km (13 mi) E of Golden Hills, CA Nov 10, 2025
4:13 pm PST
1.9 24 km (15 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA Nov 4, 2025
3:57 pm PST
1.9 16 km (10 mi) S of Golden Hills, CA Oct 31, 2025
6:45 am PDT
2.4 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Oct 7, 2025
4:55 am PDT
1.8 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Oct 7, 2025
4:32 am PDT
1.7 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Oct 1, 2025
8:50 am PDT
1.8 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Sep 25, 2025
2:32 am PDT
1.7 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Golden Hills, CA Sep 23, 2025
9:45 pm PDT
1.5 18 km (11 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Sep 17, 2025
1:51 pm PDT
2.2 24 km (15 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 1 Aug 28, 2025
9:21 pm PDT
1.7 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Aug 21, 2025
7:07 pm PDT
1.9 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Aug 12, 2025
1:22 am PDT
1.6 12 km (7 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Aug 8, 2025
4:33 am PDT
1.5 19 km (12 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Aug 5, 2025
12:06 pm PDT
1.8 27 km (17 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA Aug 4, 2025
6:29 pm PDT
2.7 27 km (17 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA Aug 4, 2025
6:18 pm PDT
1.6 16 km (10 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA Jul 30, 2025
9:45 am PDT
1.9 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 1 Jul 24, 2025
9:06 am PDT
1.7 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jul 24, 2025
9:05 am PDT
2.6 16 km (10 mi) N of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 7 Jul 15, 2025
11:23 am PDT
1.8 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 28, 2025
10:03 pm PDT
1.6 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 28, 2025
6:05 pm PDT
2.3 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 28, 2025
3:51 am PDT
1.7 20 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 27, 2025
8:26 pm PDT
2.7 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 9 Jun 27, 2025
6:50 pm PDT
1.8 23 km (14 mi) SW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 22, 2025
11:35 pm PDT
1.9 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 17, 2025
9:54 am PDT
1.8 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA Jun 14, 2025
6:16 pm PDT
1.5 14 km (9 mi) S of Golden Hills, CA May 29, 2025
1:17 pm PDT
1.5 18 km (11 mi) SE of Golden Hills, CA May 23, 2025
11:18 am PDT
2.1 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA · felt by 1 May 14, 2025
6:50 pm PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA May 14, 2025
1:09 am PDT
1.5 13 km (8 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA May 13, 2025
11:08 pm PDT
1.7 27 km (17 mi) SW of Golden Hills, CA May 11, 2025
1:14 pm PDT
1.8 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Golden Hills, CA May 9, 2025
5:58 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 Golden Hills time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Golden Hills are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Golden Hills; the five largest:

6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 46 km SW of Golden Hills 1916
5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 33 km WNW of Golden Hills 1905
5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 44 km WNW of Golden Hills 1952
5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 39 km E of Golden Hills 1992
5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 18 km N of Golden Hills 1952

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

Nearest mapped faults

Garlock fault, 15 km from its surface trace
White Wolf fault, 18 km from its surface trace
Edison fault, 19 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Tehachapi 4 km · Mojave 30 km · Arvin 32 km

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