Every recorded earthquake near
Earthquakes near Willowbrook, CA
M 3.6
Latest: 8:40 am PDT on 27 September 2026 · 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Willowbrook, CA
The most recent earthquake near Willowbrook was M 3.6, 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Willowbrook, CA, at 8:40 am PDT on 27 September 2026. 1,735 people reported feeling it to USGS.
- Within 30 km since 2016
- 815 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- In the last 12 months
- 103
- Largest since 2016
- M 4.5 on 18 September 2020, 21 km (13 mi) NE of Willowbrook, CA
- Reported felt
- 408 of them have felt reports to USGS
USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page
The latest 50
- 3.6 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 1,735
- 1.6 8 km (5 mi) SE of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.9 7 km (5 mi) SE of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 516
- 1.6 29 km (18 mi) E of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.7 5 km (3 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.7 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.8 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 23
- 1.7 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.7 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.7 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.9 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 6 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.2 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 6 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 6 km (4 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.0 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 1
- 1.7 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.4 8 km (5 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 24
- 1.7 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.9 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.3 5 km (3 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 4
- 1.7 14 km (9 mi) NNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.7 6 km (4 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.3 6 km (4 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.8 7 km (5 mi) WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 10 km (6 mi) NW of Willowbrook, CA
- 3.1 7 km (4 mi) SE of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 1,125
- 1.9 8 km (5 mi) NE of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.8 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 21 km (13 mi) N of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.3 26 km (16 mi) S of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 8 km (5 mi) S of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 16 km (10 mi) WSW of Willowbrook, CA
- 1.6 14 km (9 mi) ENE of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.5 5 km (3 mi) W of Willowbrook, CA · felt by 280
- 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NW of Willowbrook, CA
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 Willowbrook time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Willowbrook are listed even when they are further out.
On the map
The white circle is Willowbrook; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Before 2016
The USGS record since 1900 lists 17 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Willowbrook; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 42 km NW of Willowbrook
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 40 km SE of Willowbrook
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 23 km NE of Willowbrook
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 45 km NNW of Willowbrook
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 46 km NNE of Willowbrook
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.
Nearest mapped faults
- Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault, 6 km from its surface trace
- Puente Hills blind thrust system, 7 km from its surface trace
- Palos Verdes fault, 16 km from its surface trace
USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.
Nearby towns
Compton 4 km · South Gate 6 km · Gardena 6 km · Walnut Park 6 km · Huntington Park 8 km · Bell 9 km · Lennox 9 km · Carson 10 km
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- Earthquakes in California, with the state's activity score
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.