Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Mission Hills, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 5:08 am PDT on 17 August 2026 · 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Mission Hills was M 2.5, 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA, at 5:08 am PDT on 17 August 2026. 5 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 145 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 20
Largest since 2016: M 3.6 on 28 October 2024, 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA
Reported felt: 61 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 25 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 5 minutes ago · this page 02:52 UTC

The latest 50

2.3 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 26, 2026
6:34 am PDT
1.6 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 23, 2026
11:25 am PDT
2.2 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 23, 2026
12:19 am PDT
1.7 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 22, 2026
1:39 pm PDT
1.7 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 20, 2026
1:12 pm PDT
2.5 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 17, 2026
5:08 am PDT
2.7 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Aug 17, 2026
2:42 am PDT
1.9 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 17, 2026
1:38 am PDT
2.5 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 16 Aug 14, 2026
5:31 am PDT
1.6 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 8, 2026
11:56 pm PDT
2.8 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 50 Aug 8, 2026
11:37 pm PDT
1.9 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 8, 2026
10:13 pm PDT
2.5 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 32 Aug 8, 2026
10:12 pm PDT
2.2 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA Jul 23, 2026
8:51 am PDT
2.3 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Jul 21, 2026
1:52 am PDT
1.5 12 km (8 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Jun 18, 2026
6:18 pm PDT
1.8 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Mission Hills, CA May 23, 2026
9:34 pm PDT
1.8 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Mission Hills, CA Apr 18, 2026
2:02 pm PDT
2.2 25 km (16 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Mar 23, 2026
9:54 am PDT
1.6 12 km (7 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Dec 12, 2025
2:36 pm PST
1.7 16 km (10 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Sep 28, 2025
4:01 pm PDT
1.9 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Sep 3, 2025
1:42 pm PDT
1.6 17 km (11 mi) WSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 26, 2025
11:54 am PDT
2.4 12 km (7 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Aug 5, 2025
4:16 am PDT
2.5 3 km (2 mi) SE of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 17 May 22, 2025
5:27 am PDT
1.8 16 km (10 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Apr 24, 2025
9:10 pm PDT
2.0 17 km (11 mi) NNE of Mission Hills, CA Mar 8, 2025
5:43 am PST
2.5 16 km (10 mi) NNE of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 15 Feb 24, 2025
8:23 am PST
2.1 16 km (10 mi) NNE of Mission Hills, CA Dec 10, 2024
12:07 pm PST
2.3 13 km (8 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 3 Nov 18, 2024
5:04 am PST
2.3 15 km (9 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Nov 4, 2024
9:06 am PST
1.6 17 km (10 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Oct 30, 2024
1:38 am PDT
2.0 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 3 Oct 30, 2024
1:34 am PDT
2.0 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 8 Oct 28, 2024
1:09 am PDT
3.6 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 207 Oct 28, 2024
12:49 am PDT
2.4 15 km (9 mi) SW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 6 Oct 28, 2024
12:45 am PDT
3.2 15 km (10 mi) SW of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 361 Oct 27, 2024
8:55 pm PDT
2.5 12 km (8 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 7 Oct 24, 2024
9:19 am PDT
2.2 12 km (8 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA Oct 24, 2024
9:18 am PDT
2.2 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Mission Hills, CA Aug 22, 2024
3:03 am PDT
1.5 9 km (6 mi) SE of Mission Hills, CA · felt by 1 Aug 6, 2024
12:05 am PDT
2.0 24 km (15 mi) W of Mission Hills, CA Aug 2, 2024
12:54 pm PDT
1.6 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Mission Hills, CA Jul 7, 2024
4:50 am PDT
1.6 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA Feb 11, 2024
6:52 am PST
1.8 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Mission Hills, CA Feb 8, 2024
7:21 pm PST
1.6 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Mission Hills, CA Feb 2, 2024
6:37 pm PST
1.6 21 km (13 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Sep 17, 2023
7:20 am PDT
1.5 25 km (16 mi) E of Mission Hills, CA Sep 11, 2023
7:13 am PDT
1.8 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Mission Hills, CA Jul 15, 2023
2:22 am PDT
1.5 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Mission Hills, CA Jun 22, 2023
2:34 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 Mission Hills time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Mission Hills are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Mission Hills:

6.9 The 1927 Lompoc, California Earthquake · 25 km W of Mission Hills 1927
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 13 km NNE of Mission Hills 1902
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 13 km E of Mission Hills 1902
5.7 Near Los Alamos, California · 24 km ESE of Mission Hills 1915
5.0 5 km SSW of Nipomo, California · 35 km N of Mission Hills 1927

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

Nearest mapped faults

Los Alamos fault, 12 km from its surface trace
Hosgri fault, 19 km from its surface trace
Santa Ynez fault, 20 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Vandenberg Village 4 km · Lompoc 6 km · Los Alamos 16 km · Orcutt 20 km · Buellton 24 km · Solvang 29 km · Los Olivos 30 km · Santa Ynez 34 km

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