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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Las Flores, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Las Flores in the 24 hours to 5:58 am PST (13:58 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 45 km (28 mi) SW, at 1:22 pm PDT on 5 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 126 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.0

Latest: 11:17 pm PDT on 11 August 2026 · 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Las Flores was M 3.0, 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA, at 11:17 pm PDT on 11 August 2026, 3 km deep. 402 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Las Flores was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 8 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Las Flores since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
1 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 2.8
Last 12 months
31 · largest M 3.1 on 7 December 2025
Since 2016
371 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 4.1 on 1 May 2024, 25 km (15 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
Reported felt
127 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
San Joaquin Hills thrust, 5 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–M2.0), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

The latest 50

  1. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  2. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Las Flores, CA · felt by 26
  3. 1.8 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Las Flores, CA
  4. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  5. 2.3 21 km (13 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 19
  6. 2.1 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA · felt by 4
  7. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  8. 2.2 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA · felt by 11
  9. 3.0 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA · felt by 402
  10. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  11. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  12. 1.8 22 km (13 mi) ENE of Las Flores, CA
  13. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  14. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  15. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  16. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  17. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Las Flores, CA
  18. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  19. 1.9 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  20. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) NE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 1
  21. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) NE of Las Flores, CA
  22. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Las Flores, CA
  23. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 2
  24. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SW of Las Flores, CA · felt by 1
  25. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Las Flores, CA · felt by 8
  26. 1.8 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  27. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 1
  28. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  29. 1.5 28 km (18 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  30. 3.1 23 km (14 mi) S of Las Flores, CA · felt by 208
  31. 1.6 23 km (15 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  32. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  33. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  34. 1.7 30 km (19 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  35. 1.8 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  36. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  37. 1.9 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Las Flores, CA
  38. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NE of Las Flores, CA
  39. 1.6 17 km (10 mi) SSW of Las Flores, CA
  40. 1.5 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Las Flores, CA · felt by 1
  41. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  42. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) N of Las Flores, CA · felt by 5
  43. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) N of Las Flores, CA
  44. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Las Flores, CA
  45. 1.8 9 km (6 mi) WSW of Las Flores, CA
  46. 2.7 19 km (12 mi) NE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 28
  47. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Las Flores, CA
  48. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, CA
  49. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) NE of Las Flores, CA · felt by 1
  50. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Las Flores, 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 Las Flores time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Las Flores are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Las Flores

The strongest shaking in Las Flores from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 4.1 on 1 May 2024, 25 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 Las Flores (est.)
M 4.1 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 8,407
M 4.0 21 kmIII · Weak · felt by 11,942
M 3.6 21 kmIII · Weak · felt by 824
M 3.6 23 kmIII · Weak · felt by 3,715
M 3.6 27 kmII · Weak · felt by 3,895

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 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Las Flores; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 35 km W of Las Flores
  2. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 24 km ENE of Las Flores
  3. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 42 km NNW of Las Flores
  4. 5.3 7km W of Newport Beach, CA · 35 km W of Las Flores
  5. 5.2 8km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 16 km NE of Las Flores

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

Mission Viejo 4 km · Rancho Santa Margarita 6 km · Laguna Hills 8 km · Lake Forest 9 km · Aliso Viejo 10 km · Laguna Niguel 10 km · Dana Point 15 km · Irvine 20 km

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