Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Janesville, CA

M 2.6

Latest: 10:53 pm PDT on 31 May 2026 · 21 km (13 mi) N of Janesville, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Janesville was M 2.6, 21 km (13 mi) N of Janesville, CA, at 10:53 pm PDT on 31 May 2026. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 49 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 13
Largest since 2016: M 3.5 on 26 October 2024, 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA
Reported felt: 12 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 18 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 4 minutes ago · this page 01:39 UTC

The latest 50

2.4 9 km (6 mi) E of Janesville, CA · felt by 1 Sep 4, 2026
8:04 pm PDT
2.6 21 km (13 mi) N of Janesville, CA May 31, 2026
10:53 pm PDT
1.8 30 km (19 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Mar 11, 2026
9:15 pm PDT
2.2 8 km (5 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Feb 24, 2026
5:14 am PST
1.8 30 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Feb 15, 2026
3:58 pm PST
1.6 30 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Jan 30, 2026
7:38 am PST
2.0 30 km (19 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Jan 17, 2026
12:33 am PST
2.2 30 km (19 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Jan 4, 2026
12:00 pm PST
2.1 30 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Jan 1, 2026
11:39 am PST
1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Dec 31, 2025
12:01 pm PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Dec 31, 2025
12:25 am PST
2.5 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 28 Dec 30, 2025
9:59 pm PST
1.8 30 km (19 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Dec 28, 2025
5:16 pm PST
2.0 21 km (13 mi) N of Janesville, CA Apr 30, 2025
4:58 pm PDT
2.6 12 km (7 mi) ENE of Janesville, CA · felt by 6 Apr 11, 2025
2:36 pm PDT
2.9 37 km (23 mi) E of Janesville, CA · felt by 1 Mar 1, 2025
6:16 am PST
2.7 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 1 Nov 8, 2024
5:24 pm PST
1.9 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Nov 7, 2024
11:47 am PST
3.0 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 12 Oct 30, 2024
10:19 pm PDT
2.6 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Oct 28, 2024
2:52 pm PDT
3.5 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 33 Oct 26, 2024
11:48 am PDT
1.9 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Oct 26, 2024
9:17 am PDT
2.7 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 5 Oct 26, 2024
9:14 am PDT
2.3 12 km (7 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Sep 12, 2024
3:12 pm PDT
2.0 49 km (30 mi) ENE of Janesville, CA Apr 17, 2024
12:50 am PDT
2.4 16 km (10 mi) NE of Janesville, CA Sep 15, 2023
2:45 pm PDT
1.9 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Janesville, CA Nov 21, 2022
5:58 am PST
1.8 23 km (14 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Feb 6, 2021
6:39 pm PST
1.7 26 km (16 mi) NW of Janesville, CA Aug 20, 2020
4:45 pm PDT
1.8 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Jun 5, 2020
11:32 am PDT
1.5 27 km (17 mi) SE of Janesville, CA Oct 29, 2019
3:14 am PDT
2.4 3 km (2 mi) ESE of Janesville, CA · felt by 5 Sep 8, 2019
5:49 pm PDT
1.9 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Apr 25, 2019
12:39 am PDT
1.7 18 km (11 mi) W of Janesville, CA Mar 22, 2019
8:44 am PDT
1.8 17 km (10 mi) W of Janesville, CA Mar 20, 2019
1:10 am PDT
1.8 12 km (8 mi) W of Janesville, CA Mar 14, 2019
12:53 pm PDT
2.0 22 km (13 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Nov 5, 2018
10:12 pm PST
1.7 25 km (15 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Nov 5, 2018
9:17 pm PST
2.0 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA · felt by 1 Nov 5, 2018
8:58 pm PST
2.5 22 km (14 mi) WNW of Janesville, CA Nov 5, 2018
8:19 pm PST
2.3 10 km (6 mi) N of Janesville, CA · felt by 11 Nov 4, 2018
9:30 pm PST
1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Janesville, CA Jul 26, 2018
6:30 am PDT
2.4 29 km (18 mi) N of Janesville, CA Jul 1, 2018
2:46 am PDT
1.8 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Janesville, CA Feb 19, 2018
11:51 pm PST
1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Janesville, CA Feb 17, 2018
1:46 pm PST
2.3 10 km (6 mi) E of Janesville, CA Dec 22, 2017
7:42 pm PST
3.0 12 km (7 mi) ESE of Janesville, CA · felt by 13 Dec 12, 2017
5:26 pm PST
1.8 12 km (7 mi) ESE of Janesville, CA Dec 4, 2017
9:24 am PST
1.7 28 km (17 mi) W of Janesville, CA Sep 15, 2017
3:23 pm PDT
2.5 43 km (27 mi) ENE of Janesville, CA · felt by 1 Sep 13, 2017
11:04 am 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 Janesville time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Janesville are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Janesville; dots are the 49 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 Janesville:

5.7 2 km NNE of Canyondam, California · 47 km WSW of Janesville 2013
5.6 6 km NNE of Doyle, California · 46 km ESE of Janesville 1950
5.3 4 km S of Doyle, California · 49 km SE of Janesville 1979

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

Nearest mapped faults

Honey Lake fault, under 1 km from its surface trace
Warm Springs Valley fault, 32 km from its surface trace
Indian Valley fault, 39 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Susanville 17 km

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