Every recorded earthquake near
Earthquakes near Shafter, CA
M 3.3
Latest: 3:03 am PST on 5 March 2025 · 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Shafter was M 3.3, 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA, at 3:03 am PST on 5 March 2025. 40 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
- 114 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- In the last 12 months
- 10
- Largest since 2016
- M 4.9 on 23 February 2016, 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- Reported felt
- 27 of them have felt reports to USGS
USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page
The latest 50
- 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Shafter, CA
- 1.5 9 km (6 mi) WSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.7 11 km (7 mi) NNE of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Shafter, CA
- 1.8 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 21 km (13 mi) NW of Shafter, CA
- 2.4 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 6 km (4 mi) SW of Shafter, CA
- 1.5 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 1
- 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.3 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 3.3 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 40
- 1.7 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.7 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 2
- 2.1 21 km (13 mi) SE of Shafter, CA · felt by 1
- 1.7 14 km (9 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 27 km (17 mi) N of Shafter, CA
- 1.8 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- 1.8 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SE of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 19 km (12 mi) SE of Shafter, CA
- 1.7 9 km (6 mi) S of Shafter, CA
- 2.6 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Shafter, CA · felt by 15
- 1.6 23 km (15 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 14 km (9 mi) WSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.5 28 km (17 mi) S of Shafter, CA · felt by 1
- 1.8 30 km (18 mi) SE of Shafter, CA
- 1.8 15 km (9 mi) ENE of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.7 10 km (6 mi) E of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 22 km (14 mi) SW of Shafter, CA
- 2.7 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 8 km (5 mi) WSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.5 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 23 km (14 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.3 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.5 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 3
- 1.8 8 km (5 mi) ESE of Shafter, CA
- 3.0 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 15
- 3.9 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Shafter, CA · felt by 133
- 1.7 22 km (13 mi) S of Shafter, CA
- 1.7 30 km (19 mi) NE of Shafter, CA
- 1.5 8 km (5 mi) WSW of Shafter, CA
- 3.1 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Shafter, CA · felt by 90
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 Shafter time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Shafter are listed even when they are further out.
On the map
The white circle is Shafter; 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 Shafter; the five largest:
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 48 km ESE of Shafter
- 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 38 km ESE of Shafter
- 5.5 The 1952 Bakersfield, California Earthquake · 33 km ESE of Shafter
- 5.2 18km NNE of Lamont, CA · 42 km ESE of Shafter
- 5.2 21km SW of Lamont, California · 42 km SSE of Shafter
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.
Nearest mapped faults
- New Hope fault, 19 km from its surface trace
- Kern Front fault, 22 km from its surface trace
USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.
Nearby towns
Wasco 12 km · Rosedale 17 km · McFarland 20 km · Buttonwillow 21 km · Oildale 25 km · Bakersfield 27 km
If you felt one
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- Earthquakes in California, with the state's activity score
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