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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 4.6 mbMay 10, 2023
Gulf of California · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mwMarch 21, 2023
10km WSW of Ferndale, CA · depth 18 km
M 5.3 mwJanuary 1, 2023
15km SE of Rio Dell, CA · depth 31 km
M 4.9 mwDecember 20, 2022
7km WNW of Rio Dell, CA · depth 27 km
M 6.4 mwDecember 20, 2022
15km WSW of Ferndale, CA · depth 18 km
M 4.9 mwwDecember 10, 2022
257 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 11 km
M 5.1 mwOctober 25, 2022
15km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · depth 8 km
M 4.8 mwSeptember 24, 2022
37km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 13 km
M 4.6 mwJuly 15, 2022
13km NE of Ridgecrest, CA · depth 6 km
M 4.6 mwJanuary 6, 2022
50km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 13 km
M 4.8 mwJanuary 6, 2022
8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mbDecember 26, 2021
Baja California, Mexico · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mlDecember 20, 2021
52km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 20 km
M 6.2 mwDecember 20, 2021
7km N of Petrolia, CA · depth 27 km
M 5.7 mlDecember 20, 2021
29km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 17 km
M 4.7 mwOctober 25, 2021
18km NW of San Simeon, CA · depth 8 km
M 5.1 mwJuly 18, 2021
12km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 31 km
M 4.5 mwJuly 9, 2021
30km SE of Markleeville, CA · depth 4 km
M 4.6 mwJuly 8, 2021
29km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · depth 2 km
M 5.0 mlJuly 8, 2021
32km SE of Markleeville, CA · depth 7 km
M 6.0 mwJuly 8, 2021
Antelope Valley, CA · depth 7 km
M 5.3 mwJune 5, 2021
11km W of Calipatria, CA · depth 6 km
M 4.7 mwMay 7, 2021
19km NW of Truckee, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwMarch 30, 2021
76km W of Petrolia, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mwrJanuary 27, 2021
235 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwOctober 1, 2020
4km NE of Westmorland, CA · depth 14 km
M 4.5 mwSeptember 19, 2020
3km WSW of South El Monte, CA · depth 17 km
M 4.7 mwAugust 19, 2020
36km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · depth -1 km
M 4.6 mwAugust 10, 2020
12km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · depth 2 km
M 4.6 mwJune 24, 2020
19km SE of Lone Pine, CA · depth 10 km
M 5.8 mwJune 24, 2020
18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · depth 5 km
M 4.7 mwJune 23, 2020
17km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · depth 2 km
M 5.5 mwJune 4, 2020
17km S of Searles Valley, CA · depth 8 km
M 4.6 mbMay 19, 2020
254 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwwMay 18, 2020
249 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwwMay 18, 2020
251 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mwMay 10, 2020
17km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mwApril 11, 2020
29km SE of Bodie, CA · depth 9 km
M 5.2 mwApril 11, 2020
30km SE of Bodie, CA · depth 8 km
M 4.9 mwApril 4, 2020
17km ESE of Anza, CA · depth 10 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.