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Earthquakes near North El Monte, CA

M 3.4

Latest: 5:11 pm PDT on 6 September 2025 · 26 km (16 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near North El Monte was M 3.4, 26 km (16 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA, at 5:11 pm PDT on 6 September 2025. 549 people reported feeling it to USGS. 26 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016
376 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months
25
Largest since 2016
M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 9 km (5 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA
Reported felt
160 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page

The latest 50

  1. 1.5 3 km (2 mi) E of North El Monte, CA
  2. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA
  3. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) WSW of North El Monte, CA
  4. 1.9 22 km (13 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA
  5. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) E of North El Monte, CA
  6. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) W of North El Monte, CA
  7. 2.0 23 km (14 mi) SE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 10
  8. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) SSW of North El Monte, CA
  9. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA
  10. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA
  11. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) SE of North El Monte, CA
  12. 2.0 23 km (14 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA
  13. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) SSW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 63
  14. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 1
  15. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) NW of North El Monte, CA
  16. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) SE of North El Monte, CA
  17. 1.8 7 km (4 mi) ESE of North El Monte, CA
  18. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) ESE of North El Monte, CA
  19. 1.5 27 km (16 mi) SSW of North El Monte, CA
  20. 1.8 5 km (3 mi) E of North El Monte, CA
  21. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA
  22. 1.9 23 km (14 mi) E of North El Monte, CA · felt by 1
  23. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA
  24. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) WSW of North El Monte, CA
  25. 2.1 22 km (14 mi) WSW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 25
  26. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA
  27. 3.4 26 km (16 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 549
  28. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) SE of North El Monte, CA
  29. 2.4 20 km (12 mi) S of North El Monte, CA · felt by 181
  30. 1.5 22 km (13 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA
  31. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 2
  32. 2.2 22 km (14 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 11
  33. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) WSW of North El Monte, CA
  34. 1.6 12 km (8 mi) NNE of North El Monte, CA
  35. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) ENE of North El Monte, CA
  36. 1.8 5 km (3 mi) E of North El Monte, CA
  37. 2.5 24 km (15 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 36
  38. 1.7 9 km (5 mi) NNW of North El Monte, CA
  39. 1.6 9 km (6 mi) NNW of North El Monte, CA
  40. 1.9 18 km (11 mi) S of North El Monte, CA · felt by 8
  41. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SSW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 2
  42. 1.7 5 km (3 mi) E of North El Monte, CA
  43. 1.7 25 km (15 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA
  44. 1.6 22 km (13 mi) ESE of North El Monte, CA
  45. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) SW of North El Monte, CA · felt by 1
  46. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 1
  47. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) SE of North El Monte, CA · felt by 2
  48. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSE of North El Monte, CA
  49. 1.6 15 km (9 mi) WSW of North El Monte, CA
  50. 1.5 16 km (10 mi) W of North El Monte, CA · felt by 1

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

On the map

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

Estimated shaking in North El Monte

The strongest shaking in North El Monte from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity IV (light), from the M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 9 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 North El Monte (est.)
M 4.5 9 kmIV · Light · felt by 21,402
M 4.4 14 kmIV · Light · felt by 24,250
M 4.4 23 kmIII · Weak · felt by 6,155
M 3.4 14 kmIII · Weak · felt by 3,589
M 3.6 19 kmIII · Weak · felt by 3,679

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 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of North El Monte; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 49 km WNW of North El Monte
  2. 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 47 km NW of North El Monte
  3. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 7 km SW of North El Monte
  4. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 47 km WNW of North El Monte
  5. 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 47 km NW of North El Monte

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.

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