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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Highlands-Baywood Park, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Highlands-Baywood Park in the 24 hours to 12:54 pm PST (20:54 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 16 km (10 mi) NW, at 5:17 pm PDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 526 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.7

Latest: 5:17 pm PDT on 28 October 2026 · 16 km (10 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Highlands-Baywood Park was M 2.7, 16 km (10 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA, at 5:17 pm PDT on 28 October 2026, 7 km deep. 526 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Highlands-Baywood Park was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded near Highlands-Baywood Park since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
5 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 4.3
Last 12 months
100 · largest M 3.0 on 28 November 2025
Since 2016
574 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.9 on 28 June 2021, 28 km (18 mi) NE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
Reported felt
260 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
San Andreas fault, 3 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. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.6–M2.1), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

The latest 50

  1. 1.5 22 km (13 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  2. 2.7 16 km (10 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 526
  3. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  4. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  5. 1.6 7 km (5 mi) W of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  6. 1.9 13 km (8 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 1
  7. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  8. 2.3 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 54
  9. 2.1 16 km (10 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 8
  10. 1.8 18 km (11 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  11. 1.7 14 km (8 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  12. 1.8 14 km (8 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 5
  13. 2.5 14 km (9 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 179
  14. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  15. 1.6 15 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  16. 2.0 14 km (8 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 7
  17. 1.7 15 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  18. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 11
  19. 1.6 15 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  20. 2.3 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 8
  21. 1.5 16 km (10 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  22. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  23. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  24. 1.9 17 km (10 mi) SE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 1
  25. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) ENE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  26. 1.6 17 km (10 mi) SSE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  27. 2.6 30 km (18 mi) NE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 417
  28. 1.5 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  29. 1.5 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  30. 1.5 14 km (8 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  31. 1.7 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  32. 2.0 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 6
  33. 1.6 11 km (7 mi) NNW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  34. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 42
  35. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  36. 2.3 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 19
  37. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  38. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  39. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) SSE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  40. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  41. 1.7 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  42. 1.7 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  43. 1.8 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  44. 2.3 14 km (9 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 14
  45. 1.5 25 km (16 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  46. 2.6 25 km (16 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 99
  47. 1.9 25 km (16 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 2
  48. 2.9 25 km (16 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 1,085
  49. 1.7 22 km (13 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  50. 2.2 28 km (18 mi) NW of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA · felt by 14

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 Highlands-Baywood Park time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Highlands-Baywood Park are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Highlands-Baywood Park

The strongest shaking in Highlands-Baywood Park from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.7 on 27 October 2023, 11 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 Highlands-Baywood Park (est.)
M 3.7 11 kmIII · Weak · felt by 16,471
M 3.4 16 kmIII · Weak · felt by 2,675
M 3.9 28 kmIII · Weak · felt by 12,071
M 3.5 21 kmIII · Weak · felt by 8,788
M 3.6 29 kmII · Weak · felt by 4,288

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. All 5 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 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Highlands-Baywood Park; the five largest:

  1. 7.9 The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 31 km NW of Highlands-Baywood Park
  2. 5.8 7 km NNW of Boulder Creek, California · 41 km SSE of Highlands-Baywood Park
  3. 5.5 Santa Cruz Mountains, California · 50 km SE of Highlands-Baywood Park
  4. 5.3 The 1957 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 20 km NW of Highlands-Baywood Park
  5. 5.1 7 km SW of Monte Sereno, California · 45 km SE of Highlands-Baywood Park

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

San Mateo 5 km · Belmont 6 km · Burlingame 7 km · Foster City 8 km · San Carlos 8 km · Millbrae 9 km · Half Moon Bay 10 km · Redwood City 10 km

Be ready

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