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Earthquakes near La Habra Heights, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in La Habra Heights in the 24 hours to 2:59 am PST (10:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 29 km (18 mi) SW, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.2

Latest: 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026 · 29 km (18 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near La Habra Heights was M 3.2, 29 km (18 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, 12 km deep. 1,090 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in La Habra Heights was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 3 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near La Habra Heights since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
3 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 4.3
Last 12 months
34 · largest M 3.2 on 9 October 2026
Since 2016
569 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 15 km (9 mi) NW of La Habra Heights, CA
Reported felt
261 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Puente Hills blind thrust system, 7 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 28 km (17 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA
  2. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  3. 1.5 14 km (8 mi) SE of La Habra Heights, CA
  4. 3.2 29 km (18 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 1,090
  5. 1.5 16 km (10 mi) NNW of La Habra Heights, CA
  6. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA
  7. 2.9 26 km (16 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 516
  8. 1.6 3 km (2 mi) SSE of La Habra Heights, CA
  9. 3.1 26 km (16 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 1,125
  10. 1.9 23 km (14 mi) W of La Habra Heights, CA
  11. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) S of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 36
  12. 1.7 23 km (15 mi) NE of La Habra Heights, CA
  13. 2.0 7 km (4 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 10
  14. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) W of La Habra Heights, CA
  15. 2.3 23 km (14 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 196
  16. 2.4 23 km (14 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 443
  17. 1.7 9 km (6 mi) SE of La Habra Heights, CA
  18. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 21
  19. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SW of La Habra Heights, CA
  20. 1.8 5 km (3 mi) NNW of La Habra Heights, CA
  21. 1.7 12 km (7 mi) SE of La Habra Heights, CA
  22. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) NE of La Habra Heights, CA
  23. 2.1 19 km (12 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 63
  24. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA
  25. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  26. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) E of La Habra Heights, CA
  27. 2.0 20 km (13 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  28. 1.5 10 km (6 mi) E of La Habra Heights, CA
  29. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) N of La Habra Heights, CA
  30. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) ENE of La Habra Heights, CA
  31. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  32. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA
  33. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) N of La Habra Heights, CA
  34. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NE of La Habra Heights, CA
  35. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) NE of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 1
  36. 1.8 25 km (16 mi) NNE of La Habra Heights, CA
  37. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  38. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) WNW of La Habra Heights, CA
  39. 2.1 30 km (18 mi) WNW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 25
  40. 2.3 17 km (10 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 1
  41. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA
  42. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 1
  43. 1.5 5 km (3 mi) SSW of La Habra Heights, CA
  44. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) SE of La Habra Heights, CA
  45. 1.7 12 km (8 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  46. 2.4 8 km (5 mi) WSW of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 181
  47. 1.5 25 km (16 mi) W of La Habra Heights, CA
  48. 2.1 20 km (12 mi) ESE of La Habra Heights, CA
  49. 2.0 11 km (7 mi) SE of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 2
  50. 2.2 23 km (14 mi) W of La Habra Heights, CA · felt by 11

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 La Habra Heights time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after La Habra Heights are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in La Habra Heights

The strongest shaking in La Habra Heights from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity IV (light), from the M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 15 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 La Habra Heights (est.)
M 4.5 15 kmIV · Light · felt by 21,402
M 4.4 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 6,155
M 4.4 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 24,250
M 3.2 8 kmIII · Weak · felt by 733
M 3.3 10 kmIII · Weak · felt by 4,309

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 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of La Habra Heights; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 37 km S of La Habra Heights
  2. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 16 km NW of La Habra Heights
  3. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 35 km N of La Habra Heights
  4. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 31 km NE of La Habra Heights
  5. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 17 km E of La Habra Heights

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

La Habra 3 km · Hacienda Heights 4 km · Rowland Heights 5 km · La Puente 7 km · Brea 7 km · La Mirada 7 km · Whittier 8 km · South Whittier 8 km

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