Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Santa Maria, CA

M 2.5

Latest: 8:23 am PST on 24 February 2025 · 15 km (9 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Santa Maria was M 2.5, 15 km (9 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA, at 8:23 am PST on 24 February 2025. 15 people reported feeling it to USGS. 5 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 61 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 3
Largest since 2016: M 3.2 on 23 December 2018, 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA
Reported felt: 26 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 15 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 5 minutes ago · this page 02:52 UTC

The latest 50

2.2 30 km (18 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA Jul 23, 2026
8:51 am PDT
2.3 30 km (18 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 1 Jul 21, 2026
1:52 am PDT
1.8 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Santa Maria, CA Apr 18, 2026
2:02 pm PDT
2.4 30 km (19 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 1 Aug 5, 2025
4:16 am PDT
2.0 17 km (11 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Mar 8, 2025
5:43 am PST
2.5 15 km (9 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 15 Feb 24, 2025
8:23 am PST
2.0 44 km (27 mi) WSW of Santa Maria, CA Jan 25, 2025
4:55 am PST
1.8 28 km (18 mi) NE of Santa Maria, CA Jan 16, 2025
5:26 am PST
2.1 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Dec 10, 2024
12:07 pm PST
2.8 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 5 Nov 26, 2024
11:27 pm PST
2.5 30 km (19 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 7 Oct 24, 2024
9:19 am PDT
2.2 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Oct 24, 2024
9:18 am PDT
2.0 35 km (22 mi) SW of Santa Maria, CA Aug 2, 2024
12:54 pm PDT
1.8 14 km (9 mi) SW of Santa Maria, CA Jul 15, 2023
2:22 am PDT
2.0 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Jun 21, 2023
12:08 am PDT
1.9 25 km (15 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA Mar 10, 2023
1:54 am PST
1.6 27 km (17 mi) N of Santa Maria, CA Feb 8, 2023
8:30 am PST
1.6 21 km (13 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA Jan 11, 2023
4:04 am PST
1.8 10 km (6 mi) SW of Santa Maria, CA Jan 2, 2023
4:23 am PST
2.1 12 km (8 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Jul 9, 2022
9:30 am PDT
2.0 23 km (14 mi) WSW of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 2 Aug 25, 2021
12:19 am PDT
2.0 26 km (16 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 1 Jul 22, 2021
1:57 am PDT
1.6 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Jun 1, 2021
3:52 pm PDT
1.5 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Jun 1, 2021
12:26 am PDT
2.3 28 km (17 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 3 Apr 24, 2021
6:49 pm PDT
1.9 25 km (16 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 1 Apr 8, 2021
2:27 am PDT
1.8 11 km (7 mi) ENE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 3 Mar 6, 2021
7:29 am PST
1.9 49 km (31 mi) W of Santa Maria, CA Feb 3, 2021
2:40 am PST
2.2 48 km (30 mi) W of Santa Maria, CA Dec 5, 2020
2:28 am PST
2.1 43 km (27 mi) W of Santa Maria, CA Dec 5, 2020
1:51 am PST
1.6 23 km (14 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA Nov 21, 2020
1:36 pm PST
2.7 24 km (15 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 15 Jun 2, 2020
4:28 pm PDT
1.8 26 km (16 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA May 17, 2020
12:36 am PDT
2.4 8 km (5 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 289 Apr 24, 2020
5:22 am PDT
1.6 23 km (15 mi) ESE of Santa Maria, CA Mar 4, 2020
6:00 pm PST
2.1 29 km (18 mi) NW of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 3 Dec 3, 2019
9:24 pm PST
2.4 29 km (18 mi) NW of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 121 Nov 13, 2019
11:49 pm PST
2.1 15 km (9 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 8 Nov 11, 2019
1:33 pm PST
2.1 16 km (10 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA May 28, 2019
6:47 pm PDT
2.5 16 km (10 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 10 May 27, 2019
11:05 pm PDT
2.1 16 km (10 mi) SE of Santa Maria, CA May 23, 2019
1:42 pm PDT
1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Apr 26, 2019
2:54 am PDT
2.1 18 km (11 mi) SW of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 1 Apr 14, 2019
5:01 pm PDT
1.8 26 km (16 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA Mar 29, 2019
3:47 am PDT
1.7 27 km (17 mi) W of Santa Maria, CA Mar 21, 2019
8:46 am PDT
2.2 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 26 Jan 11, 2019
5:04 am PST
1.9 36 km (22 mi) SW of Santa Maria, CA Jan 6, 2019
1:00 am PST
2.4 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 46 Dec 23, 2018
7:16 pm PST
3.2 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA · felt by 374 Dec 23, 2018
10:04 am PST
1.5 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Santa Maria, CA Dec 23, 2018
9:45 am 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 Santa Maria time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Santa Maria are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Santa Maria; 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 Santa Maria:

6.9 The 1927 Lompoc, California Earthquake · 39 km SW of Santa Maria 1927
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 17 km S of Santa Maria 1902
5.8 Near Los Alamos, California · 31 km SSE of Santa Maria 1902
5.7 Near Los Alamos, California · 45 km SSE of Santa Maria 1915
5.0 5 km SSW of Nipomo, California · 8 km NW of Santa Maria 1927

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

Nearest mapped faults

Hosgri fault, 18 km from its surface trace
Los Osos fault, 18 km from its surface trace
Los Alamos fault, 24 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Orcutt 10 km · Nipomo 11 km · Guadalupe 13 km · Los Alamos 27 km · Vandenberg Village 27 km · Lompoc 35 km · Avila Beach 37 km

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