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California Earthquake History
Since April 30, 1900, the USGS has recorded 1,665 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater in California, 107 of them magnitude 6 or above. The strongest was M 7.9.
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Strongest in California
M 7.9 · The 1906 San Francisco, California EarthquakeApril 18, 1906M 7.5 · The 1952 Kern County, California EarthquakeJuly 21, 1952M 7.4 · 123 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaJanuary 31, 1922M 7.3 · The 1992 Landers, California EarthquakeJune 28, 1992M 7.2 · The 1980 Eureka, California EarthquakeNovember 8, 1980M 7.2 · 153 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaJune 15, 2005M 7.2 · The 1992 Petrolia, California EarthquakeApril 25, 1992M 7.1 · The 1923 Humboldt County, California EarthquakeJanuary 22, 1923M 7.1 · Gulf of CaliforniaDecember 9, 1901M 7.1 · Baja California, MexicoDecember 12, 1902
All recorded earthquakes
M 4.7 mwAugust 29, 2026
85 km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 5.6 mwJune 24, 2026
11 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · depth 9 km
M 4.6 mbJune 21, 2026
Off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mwJune 3, 2026
62 km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwMay 10, 2026
3 km WSW of Brawley, CA · depth 15 km
M 4.8 mwMay 9, 2026
89 km WSW of Crescent City, CA · depth 26 km
M 4.6 mwApril 2, 2026
1 km SE of Boulder Creek, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwFebruary 5, 2026
107 km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwJanuary 20, 2026
20 km NNE of Indio, CA · depth 3 km
M 4.9 mwDecember 31, 2025
15 km NNW of Susanville, CA · depth 5 km
M 4.7 mwDecember 29, 2025
15 km NNW of Susanville, CA · depth 7 km
M 4.5 mwJuly 29, 2025
74 km WNW of Ferndale, CA · depth 9 km
M 4.5 mwJune 29, 2025
8 km SSE of Deep Springs, CA · depth 12 km
M 4.6 mwMay 26, 2025
31 km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 3 km
M 5.2 mwApril 14, 2025
5 km S of Julian, CA · depth 14 km
M 4.7 mwJanuary 2, 2025
4 km NW of Cobb, CA · depth 1 km
M 5.3 mwDecember 15, 2024
77 km WNW of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mlDecember 5, 2024
53 km WNW of Petrolia, CA · depth 13 km
M 7.0 mwDecember 5, 2024
2024 Offshore Cape Mendocino, California Earthquake · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mlOctober 25, 2024
10 km SE of Stovepipe Wells, CA · depth 5 km
M 4.7 mwOctober 25, 2024
5 km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · depth 4 km
M 4.7 mwSeptember 12, 2024
6 km N of Malibu, CA · depth 11 km
M 4.6 mlAugust 7, 2024
25 km SW of Lamont, CA · depth 12 km
M 5.2 mwAugust 7, 2024
24 km SW of Lamont, CA · depth 12 km
M 4.9 mwJuly 29, 2024
22 km ENE of Barstow, CA · depth 7 km
M 4.5 mbFebruary 29, 2024
268 km W of Indianola, California · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwwFebruary 29, 2024
251 km W of Crescent City, California · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mwFebruary 12, 2024
2 km NNW of El Centro, CA · depth 16 km
M 4.8 mwFebruary 12, 2024
3 km NNW of El Centro, CA · depth 18 km
M 4.6 mwFebruary 9, 2024
11 km WNW of Malibu, CA · depth 15 km
M 4.9 mwFebruary 2, 2024
98 km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwDecember 1, 2023
11 km E of Ocotillo, CA · depth 9 km
M 4.8 mwOctober 16, 2023
20 km E of Petrolia, CA · depth 31 km
M 4.7 mwSeptember 30, 2023
3 km SW of Ferndale, CA · depth 18 km
M 4.5 mwSeptember 19, 2023
15 km SW of Westley, CA · depth 4 km
M 5.0 mwSeptember 8, 2023
12 km NE of Burney, CA · depth 16 km
M 5.1 mwAugust 20, 2023
7 km SE of Ojai, CA · depth 5 km
M 6.4 mwwJune 18, 2023
Gulf of California · depth 4 km
M 5.6 mwMay 21, 2023
108km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwMay 12, 2023
4km NW of Canyondam, CA · depth 6 km
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program. Older and smaller earthquakes are under-counted relative to recent decades as instrumentation improved. A record of past shaking is not a forecast. See About the Data.