Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near San Clemente, CA

M 3.1

Latest: 12:36 pm PST on 7 December 2025 · 5 km (3 mi) S of San Clemente, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near San Clemente was M 3.1, 5 km (3 mi) S of San Clemente, CA, at 12:36 pm PST on 7 December 2025. 208 people reported feeling it to USGS. 3 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 52 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 4
Largest since 2016: M 3.1 on 7 December 2025, 5 km (3 mi) S of San Clemente, CA
Reported felt: 9 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 11 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 6 minutes ago · this page 01:02 UTC

The latest 50

2.4 29 km (18 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA Sep 23, 2026
1:06 am PDT
2.1 24 km (15 mi) SE of San Clemente, CA Aug 2, 2026
3:45 am PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) W of San Clemente, CA · felt by 1 Jan 24, 2026
8:32 pm PST
3.1 5 km (3 mi) S of San Clemente, CA · felt by 208 Dec 7, 2025
12:36 pm PST
1.6 6 km (4 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA Sep 4, 2025
6:40 am PDT
1.5 7 km (4 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 1 Sep 4, 2025
5:42 am PDT
1.8 17 km (10 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA Jul 25, 2025
10:56 pm PDT
2.5 48 km (30 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 3 Apr 29, 2025
8:39 am PDT
1.8 27 km (17 mi) NNW of San Clemente, CA Feb 19, 2025
10:15 pm PST
2.1 27 km (17 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 4 Feb 19, 2025
10:14 pm PST
1.8 27 km (17 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA Feb 19, 2025
10:14 pm PST
1.8 25 km (16 mi) SE of San Clemente, CA Jan 20, 2025
9:21 pm PST
2.3 15 km (9 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 16 Oct 15, 2024
9:53 am PDT
1.7 8 km (5 mi) NNE of San Clemente, CA Aug 7, 2024
3:35 pm PDT
1.5 49 km (30 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA Aug 5, 2024
5:59 pm PDT
1.5 8 km (5 mi) NNE of San Clemente, CA Jul 31, 2024
3:34 pm PDT
1.8 25 km (15 mi) SSE of San Clemente, CA May 13, 2024
12:39 am PDT
1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 1 May 7, 2024
5:45 am PDT
1.7 23 km (14 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA Feb 17, 2024
11:16 am PST
1.9 28 km (18 mi) ENE of San Clemente, CA Apr 5, 2023
1:11 pm PDT
1.8 29 km (18 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA Mar 28, 2023
10:36 pm PDT
1.6 9 km (5 mi) SSE of San Clemente, CA Feb 13, 2023
10:28 pm PST
1.6 8 km (5 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA Dec 28, 2022
11:12 pm PST
1.7 27 km (17 mi) SE of San Clemente, CA Apr 18, 2022
8:33 am PDT
1.7 22 km (14 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA Mar 1, 2022
10:02 am PST
1.9 29 km (18 mi) WSW of San Clemente, CA Jan 24, 2022
11:25 am PST
1.7 16 km (10 mi) S of San Clemente, CA Jan 5, 2022
5:30 am PST
2.4 46 km (29 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA May 3, 2021
4:21 am PDT
2.0 21 km (13 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA Apr 16, 2021
8:01 am PDT
1.8 5 km (3 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA Mar 23, 2021
3:25 am PDT
1.9 4 km (3 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA Nov 24, 2020
8:02 am PST
1.6 15 km (9 mi) NNW of San Clemente, CA Apr 12, 2020
7:08 pm PDT
1.7 22 km (14 mi) WSW of San Clemente, CA Apr 11, 2020
1:03 pm PDT
2.7 22 km (14 mi) SSE of San Clemente, CA · felt by 8 Apr 6, 2020
9:34 am PDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) NW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 2 Aug 31, 2019
7:19 pm PDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) SSW of San Clemente, CA Jun 8, 2019
1:26 pm PDT
1.5 25 km (16 mi) NE of San Clemente, CA Mar 29, 2019
9:55 pm PDT
1.8 26 km (16 mi) WSW of San Clemente, CA Feb 20, 2019
11:21 am PST
2.0 24 km (15 mi) E of San Clemente, CA Sep 15, 2018
2:04 pm PDT
1.6 29 km (18 mi) WSW of San Clemente, CA Sep 3, 2018
7:33 pm PDT
1.9 28 km (18 mi) ENE of San Clemente, CA Aug 6, 2018
6:06 pm PDT
2.0 19 km (12 mi) SE of San Clemente, CA Aug 3, 2018
9:42 pm PDT
1.6 8 km (5 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA Jul 14, 2018
8:02 am PDT
1.7 29 km (18 mi) N of San Clemente, CA Jun 27, 2018
9:52 pm PDT
1.8 23 km (14 mi) NNE of San Clemente, CA Jun 27, 2018
7:38 pm PDT
1.5 28 km (17 mi) WSW of San Clemente, CA Jun 24, 2018
10:56 pm PDT
2.0 13 km (8 mi) WNW of San Clemente, CA · felt by 2 Apr 22, 2018
8:06 am PDT
2.1 44 km (28 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA Apr 1, 2018
5:29 pm PDT
1.7 46 km (29 mi) SW of San Clemente, CA Mar 10, 2018
10:36 pm PST
1.6 20 km (12 mi) N of San Clemente, CA Dec 24, 2017
4:43 pm 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 San Clemente time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after San Clemente are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of San Clemente; the five largest:

6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 42 km WNW of San Clemente 1933
6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 36 km NNE of San Clemente 1910
5.3 7km W of Newport Beach, CA · 42 km WNW of San Clemente 1933
5.2 8km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 32 km NNE of San Clemente 1938
5.0 Near Lake Elsinore, California · 36 km NNE of San Clemente 1910

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

Nearest mapped faults

Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault, 7 km from its surface trace
San Onofre fault, 10 km from its surface trace
San Joaquin Hills thrust, 20 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Dana Point 9 km · Trabuco Canyon 26 km · Camp Pendleton South 31 km · Oceanside 34 km · Lakeland Village 34 km · Wildomar 36 km · Newport Beach 36 km · Costa Mesa 37 km

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