Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Paradise, CA

M 2.6

Latest: 6:21 am PDT on 18 April 2024 · 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Paradise was M 2.6, 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA, at 6:21 am PDT on 18 April 2024. 19 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 83 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 2
Largest since 2016: M 3.0 on 27 November 2019, 19 km (12 mi) W of Paradise, CA
Reported felt: 18 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 3 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 6 minutes ago · this page 01:02 UTC

The latest 50

2.1 47 km (29 mi) E of Paradise, CA Aug 23, 2026
12:25 pm PDT
2.3 43 km (27 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Jun 28, 2026
10:50 am PDT
2.3 49 km (30 mi) N of Paradise, CA Jun 15, 2026
2:27 pm PDT
1.9 43 km (27 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Mar 24, 2026
4:35 pm PDT
1.9 6 km (4 mi) SE of Paradise, CA Mar 23, 2026
11:59 am PDT
2.3 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Paradise, CA · felt by 1 Feb 5, 2026
1:25 pm PST
2.1 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 1 Jan 19, 2026
7:53 pm PST
2.2 48 km (30 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA Jan 2, 2026
5:50 pm PST
2.1 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Oct 7, 2025
5:52 am PDT
2.2 7 km (4 mi) N of Paradise, CA Jul 3, 2025
11:41 pm PDT
1.8 25 km (16 mi) SE of Paradise, CA Jul 1, 2025
12:09 am PDT
1.7 25 km (16 mi) SE of Paradise, CA Jun 30, 2025
10:32 pm PDT
2.1 45 km (28 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA May 5, 2025
4:44 am PDT
2.2 29 km (18 mi) W of Paradise, CA Feb 27, 2025
3:37 pm PST
2.1 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Dec 29, 2024
6:50 pm PST
2.1 6 km (3 mi) NNW of Paradise, CA Nov 11, 2024
3:05 pm PST
2.4 47 km (29 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA Jul 1, 2024
2:04 am PDT
1.5 45 km (28 mi) NE of Paradise, CA May 18, 2024
4:44 am PDT
2.1 44 km (27 mi) ESE of Paradise, CA Apr 18, 2024
10:48 pm PDT
2.6 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 18, 2024
6:21 am PDT
2.3 40 km (25 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 7, 2024
7:38 pm PDT
2.5 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 3 Apr 7, 2024
6:26 pm PDT
2.3 41 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 7, 2024
6:38 am PDT
2.2 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 6, 2024
2:07 pm PDT
2.9 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 25 Apr 5, 2024
3:46 am PDT
2.6 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 5, 2024
3:26 am PDT
2.2 43 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA Apr 5, 2024
3:12 am PDT
2.7 41 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 25 Apr 4, 2024
7:03 pm PDT
2.2 43 km (27 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 15 Apr 4, 2024
6:44 pm PDT
4.4 42 km (26 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 1,807 Apr 4, 2024
6:34 pm PDT
4.1 40 km (25 mi) NE of Paradise, CA · felt by 755 Apr 4, 2024
6:34 pm PDT
2.3 41 km (25 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA · felt by 1 Jan 3, 2024
2:33 am PST
2.1 48 km (30 mi) N of Paradise, CA Dec 8, 2023
5:49 am PST
1.6 46 km (28 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA Nov 15, 2023
6:31 am PST
2.2 26 km (16 mi) W of Paradise, CA Nov 1, 2023
2:49 am PDT
1.7 49 km (30 mi) N of Paradise, CA Oct 29, 2023
10:04 pm PDT
2.0 47 km (30 mi) N of Paradise, CA Oct 1, 2023
10:53 pm PDT
2.1 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Paradise, CA Jun 4, 2023
6:21 am PDT
1.7 47 km (29 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA Mar 23, 2023
3:46 am PDT
1.9 20 km (12 mi) W of Paradise, CA Feb 19, 2023
12:27 pm PST
1.9 50 km (31 mi) N of Paradise, CA Feb 15, 2023
1:07 pm PST
2.1 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Paradise, CA · felt by 1 Dec 7, 2022
11:59 am PST
2.7 44 km (28 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA · felt by 1 Oct 20, 2022
8:07 am PDT
1.7 46 km (29 mi) N of Paradise, CA Oct 9, 2022
10:59 pm PDT
1.7 47 km (29 mi) NNE of Paradise, CA Oct 7, 2022
8:48 pm PDT
1.9 49 km (31 mi) N of Paradise, CA Sep 24, 2022
7:40 am PDT
2.7 20 km (12 mi) W of Paradise, CA · felt by 15 Aug 30, 2022
7:45 pm PDT
2.3 46 km (28 mi) E of Paradise, CA · felt by 2 Jul 29, 2022
7:51 am PDT
1.8 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Paradise, CA Apr 21, 2022
12:18 pm PDT
2.0 23 km (14 mi) WNW of Paradise, CA Mar 25, 2022
7:13 am 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 Paradise time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Paradise are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Paradise:

5.7 The 1975 Oroville, California Earthquake · 37 km S of Paradise 1975
5.2 4 km E of Palermo, California · 38 km SSE of Paradise 1975
5.1 5 km ENE of Palermo, California · 37 km SSE of Paradise 1975

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

Nearest mapped faults

Foothills fault system, 29 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Magalia 7 km · Forest Ranch 14 km · Chico 19 km · Durham 20 km · Oroville East 30 km · Hamilton City 34 km

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