Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Gridley, CA

M 3.1

Latest: 10:26 am PDT on 17 March 2026 · 23 km (14 mi) SW of Gridley, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Gridley was M 3.1, 23 km (14 mi) SW of Gridley, CA, at 10:26 am PDT on 17 March 2026. 23 people reported feeling it to USGS. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 68 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 2
Largest since 2016: M 4.2 on 22 July 2022, 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA
Reported felt: 10 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 16 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 22 minutes ago · this page 02:48 UTC

The latest 50

1.9 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Jun 18, 2026
9:37 pm PDT
3.1 23 km (14 mi) SW of Gridley, CA · felt by 23 Mar 17, 2026
10:26 am PDT
1.8 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Jun 8, 2025
11:37 am PDT
2.5 30 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Mar 8, 2024
8:57 pm PST
2.0 28 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Jan 11, 2024
12:04 am PST
2.0 28 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Jan 10, 2024
9:48 pm PST
2.1 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA · felt by 1 Dec 7, 2022
11:59 am PST
2.0 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA Sep 24, 2022
7:41 pm PDT
4.2 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA · felt by 571 Jul 22, 2022
6:41 pm PDT
1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Apr 21, 2022
12:18 pm PDT
2.0 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Dec 7, 2021
11:59 am PST
2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Sep 3, 2021
12:09 pm PDT
1.6 14 km (9 mi) N of Gridley, CA Jun 21, 2021
2:54 pm PDT
2.0 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA · felt by 4 May 19, 2021
12:53 pm PDT
2.3 23 km (14 mi) E of Gridley, CA · felt by 8 Feb 13, 2021
3:14 am PST
1.8 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Feb 3, 2021
3:27 pm PST
1.9 21 km (13 mi) NW of Gridley, CA Dec 10, 2020
8:18 pm PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Oct 8, 2020
12:09 pm PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Aug 13, 2020
11:44 am PDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Apr 3, 2020
11:34 am PDT
1.9 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Feb 19, 2020
12:44 pm PST
1.8 28 km (17 mi) W of Gridley, CA Feb 18, 2020
2:49 pm PST
2.2 26 km (16 mi) W of Gridley, CA Feb 7, 2020
3:11 pm PST
1.9 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Dec 19, 2019
2:18 pm PST
1.9 20 km (12 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA · felt by 2 Nov 7, 2019
10:23 pm PST
1.6 27 km (17 mi) NW of Gridley, CA Oct 3, 2019
2:32 am PDT
2.2 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Oct 1, 2019
2:30 pm PDT
1.6 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Sep 27, 2019
6:00 am PDT
1.7 13 km (8 mi) ESE of Gridley, CA Sep 16, 2019
10:17 am PDT
1.9 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Aug 13, 2019
11:59 am PDT
1.6 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Jun 15, 2019
11:44 pm PDT
1.8 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA May 11, 2019
9:09 pm PDT
1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Jan 3, 2019
2:02 pm PST
1.5 17 km (10 mi) ENE of Gridley, CA Dec 29, 2018
2:19 pm PST
2.1 25 km (15 mi) NE of Gridley, CA Dec 10, 2018
6:56 am PST
1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Dec 3, 2018
2:58 pm PST
1.7 30 km (19 mi) WNW of Gridley, CA Nov 17, 2018
5:39 am PST
1.8 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Nov 6, 2018
12:26 pm PST
1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Oct 4, 2018
12:53 pm PDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Sep 13, 2018
12:15 pm PDT
1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA · felt by 1 Apr 19, 2018
12:37 pm PDT
2.1 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Mar 20, 2018
2:59 pm PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Feb 14, 2018
11:21 am PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Jan 26, 2018
2:15 pm PST
2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA · felt by 6 Jan 3, 2018
11:59 am PST
1.9 19 km (12 mi) NE of Gridley, CA Nov 24, 2017
8:11 am PST
2.1 11 km (7 mi) W of Gridley, CA · felt by 2 Nov 23, 2017
12:49 pm PST
1.9 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Nov 17, 2017
1:05 pm PST
2.1 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Nov 1, 2017
10:29 am PDT
2.1 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Gridley, CA Sep 12, 2017
1:22 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 Gridley time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Gridley are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Gridley:

5.7 The 1975 Oroville, California Earthquake · 15 km ENE of Gridley 1975
5.2 4 km E of Palermo, California · 20 km ENE of Gridley 1975
5.1 5 km ENE of Palermo, California · 21 km ENE of Gridley 1975

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

Nearest mapped faults

Foothills fault system, 23 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Oroville East 25 km · Colusa 32 km · Durham 33 km

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Earthquakes in California, with the state's activity score

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