Earthquakes near Nevada City, CA

The latest 15

1. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Aug 31, 2026
   11:19 pm PDT
2. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Jul 23, 2026
   11:29 pm PDT
3. 1.9 16 km (10 mi) W of Nevada City, CA · felt by 3 Aug 30, 2021
   10:10 pm PDT
4. 2.4 26 km (16 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA · felt by 290 Nov 9, 2020
   10:04 pm PST
5. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Oct 16, 2020
   5:15 am PDT
6. 2.2 24 km (15 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Sep 26, 2020
   6:24 pm PDT
7. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Nevada City, CA Aug 11, 2020
   8:45 pm PDT
8. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Jul 20, 2020
   3:35 pm PDT
9. 2.3 25 km (15 mi) WSW of Nevada City, CA Jul 1, 2020
   5:46 pm PDT
10. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Nevada City, CA Jun 22, 2020
    10:40 am PDT
11. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Nevada City, CA May 11, 2020
    4:18 am PDT
12. 1.9 27 km (17 mi) WNW of Nevada City, CA May 2, 2020
    3:58 am PDT
13. 2.0 25 km (15 mi) W of Nevada City, CA Sep 27, 2018
    2:09 pm PDT
14. 1.8 25 km (15 mi) NW of Nevada City, CA Sep 27, 2017
    6:31 am PDT
15. 1.5 6 km (4 mi) SE of Nevada City, CA Aug 2, 2016
    4:52 pm 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 Nevada City time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Nevada City are listed even when they are further out.

On the map

The white circle is Nevada City; dots are the 15 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Nevada City; the five largest:

1. 5.9 West of Downieville, California · 27 km N of Nevada City 1909
2. 5.7 The 1975 Oroville, California Earthquake · 49 km WNW of Nevada City 1975
3. 5.2 4 km E of Palermo, California · 45 km WNW of Nevada City 1975
4. 5.1 5 km ENE of Palermo, California · 45 km WNW of Nevada City 1975
5. 5.1 8 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 49 km E of Nevada City 1980

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

Nearest mapped faults

• Foothills fault system, 19 km from its surface trace

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

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• Earthquakes in California, with the state's activity score

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