Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Monterey, CA

M 2.9

Latest: 4:46 pm PST on 10 January 2024 · 20 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Monterey was M 2.9, 20 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA, at 4:46 pm PST on 10 January 2024. 40 people reported feeling it to USGS. 10 smaller earthquakes have 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: 4
Largest since 2016: M 3.2 on 10 January 2016, 28 km (18 mi) S of Monterey, CA
Reported felt: 18 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 9 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 4 minutes ago · this page 02:51 UTC

The latest 50

1.8 27 km (17 mi) N of Monterey, CA Sep 24, 2026
10:54 am PDT
2.1 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Jun 20, 2026
11:29 pm PDT
2.1 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA Jun 20, 2026
3:43 am PDT
2.3 19 km (12 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Mar 17, 2026
3:00 am PDT
1.7 20 km (12 mi) NW of Monterey, CA Apr 8, 2025
5:33 am PDT
1.7 29 km (18 mi) N of Monterey, CA Mar 8, 2025
4:00 am PST
1.6 28 km (18 mi) N of Monterey, CA Mar 6, 2025
4:38 am PST
2.0 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Monterey, CA Sep 6, 2024
5:22 pm PDT
1.6 12 km (8 mi) SSE of Monterey, CA Aug 15, 2024
12:11 am PDT
1.6 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Monterey, CA Mar 2, 2024
4:16 pm PST
2.9 20 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA · felt by 40 Jan 10, 2024
4:46 pm PST
1.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Dec 12, 2023
5:27 am PST
2.3 13 km (8 mi) W of Monterey, CA Dec 9, 2023
11:39 pm PST
1.5 7 km (4 mi) SSE of Monterey, CA Sep 8, 2023
7:40 am PDT
1.8 9 km (5 mi) NW of Monterey, CA Feb 23, 2023
12:18 am PST
2.0 21 km (13 mi) N of Monterey, CA Sep 2, 2022
9:00 pm PDT
1.6 15 km (9 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Apr 15, 2022
8:33 am PDT
2.8 21 km (13 mi) N of Monterey, CA · felt by 123 Sep 28, 2021
11:16 pm PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) N of Monterey, CA Sep 28, 2021
1:44 pm PDT
3.2 21 km (13 mi) N of Monterey, CA · felt by 500 Sep 22, 2021
2:57 am PDT
2.2 15 km (9 mi) SE of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Jul 24, 2021
4:51 am PDT
1.9 13 km (8 mi) W of Monterey, CA Apr 24, 2021
1:32 am PDT
2.3 21 km (13 mi) NNE of Monterey, CA · felt by 4 Nov 30, 2020
11:42 pm PST
1.7 15 km (9 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA Aug 27, 2020
11:50 am PDT
1.8 19 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA Aug 17, 2020
8:38 am PDT
2.0 22 km (14 mi) S of Monterey, CA Jun 25, 2020
9:22 am PDT
1.5 in Monterey, CA Jun 1, 2020
1:12 am PDT
1.7 in Monterey, CA · felt by 4 May 31, 2020
11:04 am PDT
2.4 22 km (13 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA · felt by 2 Apr 17, 2020
5:38 pm PDT
1.6 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Monterey, CA Jan 31, 2020
1:03 pm PST
2.0 4 km (2 mi) W of Monterey, CA Aug 5, 2019
11:29 am PDT
1.6 31 km (19 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA Jul 21, 2019
11:26 am PDT
2.4 23 km (15 mi) NW of Monterey, CA Jun 13, 2019
7:11 pm PDT
2.0 9 km (5 mi) WNW of Monterey, CA Apr 7, 2019
9:24 pm PDT
2.0 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Monterey, CA Mar 2, 2019
7:12 am PST
1.9 20 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA · felt by 1 Oct 14, 2018
4:50 pm PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) S of Monterey, CA Oct 14, 2018
11:25 am PDT
2.3 20 km (12 mi) S of Monterey, CA May 18, 2018
2:55 am PDT
1.7 19 km (12 mi) NW of Monterey, CA May 1, 2018
2:28 am PDT
1.9 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA Apr 7, 2018
2:38 am PDT
1.7 27 km (17 mi) NW of Monterey, CA Feb 14, 2018
3:16 pm PST
1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Monterey, CA Aug 31, 2017
7:18 pm PDT
1.5 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Monterey, CA Jul 26, 2017
2:28 am PDT
1.8 23 km (14 mi) S of Monterey, CA Jun 16, 2017
1:26 am PDT
1.6 4 km (2 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 5 Apr 11, 2017
9:27 pm PDT
2.6 26 km (16 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 6 Jan 13, 2017
10:37 pm PST
2.8 26 km (16 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 7 Jan 13, 2017
12:14 pm PST
2.8 7 km (4 mi) NNW of Monterey, CA · felt by 197 Jan 12, 2017
5:17 pm PST
2.6 29 km (18 mi) NW of Monterey, CA · felt by 4 Apr 11, 2016
3:43 am PDT
3.2 28 km (18 mi) S of Monterey, CA · felt by 106 Jan 10, 2016
1:53 am PST

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

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The white circle is Monterey; dots are the 49 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Monterey; the five largest:

6.9 The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake · 48 km N of Monterey 1989
6.3 22 km S of Davenport, California · 36 km NW of Monterey 1926
5.8 Near Watsonville, California · 43 km NNE of Monterey 1910
5.7 Monterey Bay area, California · 29 km NW of Monterey 1910
5.5 7 km SW of Hollister, California · 45 km ENE of Monterey 1939

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

Nearest mapped faults

Monterey Bay- Tularcitos fault, 2 km from its surface trace
San Gregorio fault, 11 km from its surface trace
East Monterey Bay fault, 20 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Pacific Grove 3 km · Carmel Valley Village 16 km · Salinas 23 km · Prunedale 28 km · Watsonville 37 km · Aromas 39 km

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