Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Piñon Hills, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 12:20 pm PST on 18 January 2026 · 28 km (17 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Piñon Hills was M 2.5, 28 km (17 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA, at 12:20 pm PST on 18 January 2026. 4 people reported feeling it to USGS. 16 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 306 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 21
Largest since 2016: M 4.2 on 5 January 2024, 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA
Reported felt: 99 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 26 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 4 minutes ago · this page 01:39 UTC

The latest 50

1.7 9 km (6 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 24, 2026
3:31 pm PDT
1.6 7 km (5 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 14, 2026
6:19 pm PDT
1.5 7 km (5 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 13, 2026
10:36 pm PDT
1.6 7 km (5 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 13, 2026
10:03 pm PDT
1.7 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 10, 2026
11:14 pm PDT
2.1 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Jul 10, 2026
10:28 pm PDT
1.9 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 23, 2026
4:17 pm PDT
1.7 14 km (9 mi) E of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 18, 2026
3:20 am PDT
1.8 25 km (15 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 1, 2026
5:42 pm PDT
1.6 12 km (7 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA May 4, 2026
10:58 pm PDT
2.0 26 km (16 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 1 May 3, 2026
9:15 am PDT
2.4 26 km (16 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 4 May 2, 2026
2:26 pm PDT
1.5 21 km (13 mi) NW of Piñon Hills, CA Apr 18, 2026
5:52 pm PDT
1.5 25 km (15 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Mar 31, 2026
1:52 am PDT
1.9 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Mar 22, 2026
5:21 am PDT
1.8 24 km (15 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Feb 13, 2026
5:58 pm PST
2.5 28 km (17 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 4 Jan 18, 2026
12:20 pm PST
1.6 22 km (14 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Jan 8, 2026
3:45 pm PST
1.8 30 km (19 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Nov 30, 2025
7:11 am PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Nov 14, 2025
8:52 pm PST
2.4 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 2 Nov 14, 2025
8:50 pm PST
1.6 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 3 Sep 16, 2025
9:01 pm PDT
2.0 23 km (14 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Sep 13, 2025
4:20 am PDT
2.1 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Sep 12, 2025
8:29 am PDT
1.8 22 km (14 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Sep 9, 2025
5:30 am PDT
3.3 24 km (15 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 93 Sep 8, 2025
10:49 pm PDT
3.4 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 549 Sep 6, 2025
5:11 pm PDT
1.8 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 18, 2025
4:24 am PDT
1.5 21 km (13 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 16, 2025
9:32 pm PDT
2.2 28 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Aug 11, 2025
11:15 am PDT
2.5 22 km (13 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 4 Aug 6, 2025
5:25 am PDT
2.1 20 km (12 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 14 Aug 6, 2025
2:11 am PDT
3.7 20 km (12 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 647 Aug 6, 2025
2:00 am PDT
1.9 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Jul 15, 2025
3:38 am PDT
1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 26, 2025
8:00 am PDT
2.1 24 km (15 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 20, 2025
9:46 pm PDT
1.7 30 km (19 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 10, 2025
7:49 am PDT
1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Jun 3, 2025
11:29 am PDT
2.6 19 km (12 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 12 May 24, 2025
7:34 am PDT
1.8 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA May 23, 2025
9:52 am PDT
2.5 28 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 6 May 20, 2025
9:53 am PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) NW of Piñon Hills, CA May 3, 2025
8:33 am PDT
1.7 6 km (4 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA Apr 6, 2025
1:54 pm PDT
1.7 29 km (18 mi) SE of Piñon Hills, CA Feb 24, 2025
7:21 pm PST
2.0 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 3 Feb 7, 2025
1:13 pm PST
1.6 25 km (15 mi) W of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 5 Jan 9, 2025
7:51 pm PST
2.7 5 km (3 mi) S of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 16 Dec 21, 2024
11:13 am PST
2.1 19 km (12 mi) NW of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 1 Nov 25, 2024
8:25 pm PST
1.7 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA Oct 15, 2024
3:48 am PDT
2.5 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Piñon Hills, CA · felt by 53 Oct 4, 2024
1:18 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 Piñon Hills time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Piñon Hills are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Piñon Hills; 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 Piñon Hills:

5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 37 km WSW of Piñon Hills 1991
5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 32 km S of Piñon Hills 1990
5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 22 km SSE of Piñon Hills 1970

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

Nearest mapped faults

San Andreas fault, 8 km from its surface trace
San Gabriel fault, 15 km from its surface trace
San Jacinto fault, 17 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Phelan 7 km · Wrightwood 8 km · Adelanto 27 km · Hesperia 32 km · Littlerock 32 km · Victorville 35 km · Rancho Cucamonga 37 km · La Verne 39 km

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