Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Nipomo, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 8:23 am PST on 24 February 2025 · 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Nipomo was M 2.5, 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA, at 8:23 am PST on 24 February 2025. 15 people reported feeling it to USGS. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 71 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 4
Largest since 2016: M 3.2 on 23 December 2018, 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA
Reported felt: 25 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 15 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 17 minutes ago · this page 01:35 UTC

The latest 50

1.6 29 km (18 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA Jun 7, 2026
11:05 pm PDT
1.8 22 km (14 mi) S of Nipomo, CA Apr 18, 2026
2:02 pm PDT
2.1 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA Feb 10, 2026
4:19 pm PST
2.3 20 km (13 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 25 Dec 14, 2025
6:27 pm PST
2.3 27 km (16 mi) NE of Nipomo, CA Apr 16, 2025
1:03 pm PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Mar 8, 2025
5:43 am PST
2.5 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 15 Feb 24, 2025
8:23 am PST
1.8 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Nipomo, CA Jan 16, 2025
5:26 am PST
2.1 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Dec 10, 2024
12:07 pm PST
2.8 21 km (13 mi) NE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 5 Nov 26, 2024
11:27 pm PST
2.0 26 km (16 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA Oct 27, 2024
9:39 pm PDT
1.8 21 km (13 mi) N of Nipomo, CA Sep 12, 2024
2:04 am PDT
1.7 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 2 Sep 4, 2024
9:59 pm PDT
1.5 29 km (18 mi) N of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Aug 18, 2024
9:05 pm PDT
1.5 30 km (19 mi) N of Nipomo, CA Nov 30, 2023
1:06 am PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA Jul 25, 2023
11:41 pm PDT
1.8 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Nipomo, CA Jul 15, 2023
2:22 am PDT
2.0 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Jun 21, 2023
12:08 am PDT
1.5 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA Jun 15, 2023
8:59 am PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Feb 20, 2023
2:41 am PST
1.5 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA Feb 12, 2023
2:21 am PST
1.6 17 km (11 mi) N of Nipomo, CA Feb 8, 2023
8:30 am PST
1.8 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA Feb 4, 2023
7:47 pm PST
1.8 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Nipomo, CA Jan 2, 2023
4:23 am PST
1.5 30 km (19 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Sep 21, 2022
10:09 am PDT
2.1 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Jul 9, 2022
9:30 am PDT
1.6 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Nipomo, CA May 9, 2022
8:24 pm PDT
2.0 25 km (15 mi) SW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 2 Aug 25, 2021
12:19 am PDT
1.6 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Jun 1, 2021
3:52 pm PDT
1.5 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA Jun 1, 2021
12:26 am PDT
1.8 15 km (10 mi) ESE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 3 Mar 6, 2021
7:29 am PST
2.4 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Dec 7, 2020
3:49 pm PST
2.0 23 km (14 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Sep 23, 2020
7:36 pm PDT
1.5 25 km (15 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA Aug 29, 2020
3:14 am PDT
1.9 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA Jun 9, 2020
6:12 pm PDT
2.4 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 289 Apr 24, 2020
5:22 am PDT
1.5 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA Jan 11, 2020
10:11 pm PST
2.1 19 km (12 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 3 Dec 3, 2019
9:24 pm PST
2.4 20 km (12 mi) NW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 121 Nov 13, 2019
11:49 pm PST
2.1 25 km (15 mi) S of Nipomo, CA · felt by 8 Nov 11, 2019
1:33 pm PST
2.1 26 km (16 mi) SE of Nipomo, CA May 28, 2019
6:47 pm PDT
2.5 26 km (16 mi) SE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 10 May 27, 2019
11:05 pm PDT
2.1 26 km (16 mi) SE of Nipomo, CA May 23, 2019
1:42 pm PDT
1.6 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Nipomo, CA Apr 19, 2019
8:43 am PDT
2.1 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Nipomo, CA · felt by 1 Apr 14, 2019
5:01 pm PDT
1.7 25 km (15 mi) WSW of Nipomo, CA Mar 21, 2019
8:46 am PDT
2.2 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 26 Jan 11, 2019
5:04 am PST
1.7 25 km (15 mi) NNE of Nipomo, CA Dec 26, 2018
10:22 am PST
2.4 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 46 Dec 23, 2018
7:16 pm PST
3.2 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Nipomo, CA · felt by 374 Dec 23, 2018
10:04 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 Nipomo time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Nipomo are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Nipomo:

6.9 The 1927 Lompoc, California Earthquake · 45 km SSW of Nipomo 1927
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 28 km SSE of Nipomo 1902
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 41 km SSE of Nipomo 1902
5.0 5 km SSW of Nipomo, California · 5 km SSW of Nipomo 1927

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

Nearest mapped faults

Los Osos fault, 9 km from its surface trace
Hosgri fault, 17 km from its surface trace
Los Alamos fault, 34 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Guadalupe 12 km · Orcutt 20 km · Avila Beach 28 km · San Luis Obispo 31 km · Vandenberg Village 37 km · Los Alamos 38 km

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