Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Orcutt, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 5:27 am PDT on 22 May 2025 · 22 km (14 mi) S of Orcutt, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Orcutt was M 2.5, 22 km (14 mi) S of Orcutt, CA, at 5:27 am PDT on 22 May 2025. 17 people reported feeling it to USGS. 8 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 97 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 6
Largest since 2016: M 3.4 on 7 October 2016, 25 km (15 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA
Reported felt: 37 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 10 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 18 minutes ago · this page 01:36 UTC

The latest 50

0.9 10 km (6 mi) E of Orcutt, CA Sep 22, 2026
1:52 pm PDT
2.2 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Jul 23, 2026
8:51 am PDT
2.3 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Jul 21, 2026
1:52 am PDT
1.5 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA Jun 18, 2026
6:18 pm PDT
1.8 8 km (5 mi) WSW of Orcutt, CA Apr 18, 2026
2:02 pm PDT
2.2 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Mar 23, 2026
9:54 am PDT
1.6 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA Dec 12, 2025
2:36 pm PST
1.7 27 km (17 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Sep 28, 2025
4:01 pm PDT
2.4 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Aug 5, 2025
4:16 am PDT
2.5 22 km (14 mi) S of Orcutt, CA · felt by 17 May 22, 2025
5:27 am PDT
1.8 26 km (16 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Apr 24, 2025
9:10 pm PDT
2.0 10 km (6 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Mar 8, 2025
5:43 am PST
2.5 6 km (4 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 15 Feb 24, 2025
8:23 am PST
2.1 11 km (7 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Dec 10, 2024
12:07 pm PST
2.5 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 7 Oct 24, 2024
9:19 am PDT
2.2 21 km (13 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Oct 24, 2024
9:18 am PDT
1.5 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Aug 6, 2024
12:05 am PDT
2.0 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Orcutt, CA Aug 2, 2024
12:54 pm PDT
1.6 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Feb 11, 2024
6:52 am PST
1.6 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Feb 2, 2024
6:37 pm PST
1.6 28 km (17 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Sep 17, 2023
7:20 am PDT
1.5 30 km (19 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Sep 11, 2023
7:13 am PDT
1.8 10 km (6 mi) W of Orcutt, CA Jul 15, 2023
2:22 am PDT
2.0 11 km (7 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Jun 21, 2023
12:08 am PDT
1.8 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA May 24, 2023
8:02 pm PDT
1.6 27 km (17 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Mar 29, 2023
5:11 am PDT
1.9 15 km (9 mi) S of Orcutt, CA Mar 10, 2023
1:54 am PST
1.6 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Jan 11, 2023
4:04 am PST
1.8 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Orcutt, CA Jan 2, 2023
4:23 am PST
1.8 24 km (15 mi) SE of Orcutt, CA Dec 26, 2022
9:57 am PST
1.9 23 km (14 mi) S of Orcutt, CA Aug 31, 2022
4:48 pm PDT
2.1 4 km (2 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Jul 9, 2022
9:30 am PDT
1.8 22 km (13 mi) S of Orcutt, CA May 14, 2022
6:01 pm PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) S of Orcutt, CA · felt by 5 Mar 15, 2022
6:23 am PDT
2.0 22 km (14 mi) W of Orcutt, CA · felt by 2 Aug 25, 2021
12:19 am PDT
2.0 16 km (10 mi) S of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Jul 22, 2021
1:57 am PDT
1.6 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA Jun 1, 2021
3:52 pm PDT
1.5 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Orcutt, CA Jun 1, 2021
12:26 am PDT
2.3 18 km (11 mi) S of Orcutt, CA · felt by 3 Apr 24, 2021
6:49 pm PDT
1.9 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Orcutt, CA · felt by 1 Apr 8, 2021
2:27 am PDT
1.8 17 km (11 mi) NE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 3 Mar 6, 2021
7:29 am PST
1.6 18 km (11 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA Nov 21, 2020
1:36 pm PST
2.7 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 15 Jun 2, 2020
4:28 pm PDT
1.8 21 km (13 mi) ESE of Orcutt, CA May 17, 2020
12:36 am PDT
2.4 4 km (2 mi) NE of Orcutt, CA · felt by 289 Apr 24, 2020
5:22 am PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) E of Orcutt, CA Mar 4, 2020
6:00 pm PST
2.1 5 km (3 mi) SSW of Orcutt, CA · felt by 8 Nov 11, 2019
1:33 pm PST
2.1 12 km (7 mi) E of Orcutt, CA May 28, 2019
6:47 pm PDT
2.5 11 km (7 mi) E of Orcutt, CA · felt by 10 May 27, 2019
11:05 pm PDT
2.1 11 km (7 mi) E of Orcutt, CA May 23, 2019
1:42 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 Orcutt time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Orcutt are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Orcutt; 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 Orcutt:

6.9 The 1927 Lompoc, California Earthquake · 32 km SW of Orcutt 1927
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 8 km SSE of Orcutt 1902
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 22 km SE of Orcutt 1902
5.7 Near Los Alamos, California · 37 km SE of Orcutt 1915
5.0 5 km SSW of Nipomo, California · 16 km NNW of Orcutt 1927

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

Nearest mapped faults

Los Alamos fault, 15 km from its surface trace
Hosgri fault, 20 km from its surface trace
Los Osos fault, 28 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Guadalupe 17 km · Vandenberg Village 18 km · Los Alamos 20 km · Nipomo 20 km · Lompoc 25 km · Buellton 36 km · Los Olivos 37 km

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