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Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Lake Los Angeles, CA

M 3.3

Latest: 10:49 pm PDT on 8 September 2025 · 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Lake Los Angeles was M 3.3, 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA, at 10:49 pm PDT on 8 September 2025. 93 people reported feeling it to USGS. 12 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016
124 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months
10
Largest since 2016
M 3.3 on 3 August 2022, 17 km (11 mi) S of Lake Los Angeles, CA
Reported felt
35 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page

The latest 50

  1. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  2. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  3. 1.8 20 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  4. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  5. 1.5 5 km (3 mi) SE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  6. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  7. 1.8 30 km (19 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  8. 2.4 23 km (15 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 8
  9. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) W of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  10. 1.8 20 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  11. 2.0 20 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  12. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  13. 3.3 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 93
  14. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 1
  15. 1.6 6 km (3 mi) SE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  16. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  17. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  18. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  19. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  20. 2.2 25 km (15 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  21. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 5
  22. 2.7 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 16
  23. 2.1 7 km (4 mi) SSE of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 1
  24. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  25. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  26. 2.4 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 5
  27. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  28. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  29. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  30. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) N of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  31. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  32. 2.0 20 km (12 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  33. 1.9 20 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  34. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  35. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  36. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 1
  37. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  38. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  39. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  40. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  41. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  42. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  43. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  44. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  45. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  46. 2.1 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  47. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA
  48. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 2
  49. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) SW of Lake Los Angeles, CA · felt by 1
  50. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Lake Los Angeles, CA

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 Lake Los Angeles time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Lake Los Angeles are listed even when they are further out.

On the map

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Lake Los Angeles:

  1. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 41 km SSW of Lake Los Angeles
  2. 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 48 km SE of Lake Los Angeles

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. 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

Littlerock 18 km · Piñon Hills 26 km · Palmdale 27 km · Lancaster 30 km · Phelan 31 km · Wrightwood 33 km · Edwards Air Force Base 35 km · Adelanto 38 km

If you felt one

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