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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 · The 1992 Petrolia, California EarthquakeApril 25, 1992M 7.2 · 153 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaJune 15, 2005M 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 mlNovember 6, 2014
41 km E of Fort Bidwell, California · depth 5 km
M 4.6 mlNovember 5, 2014
44 km E of Fort Bidwell, California · depth 0 km
M 4.6 mbSeptember 15, 2014
Baja California, Mexico · depth 5 km
M 6.0 mwAugust 24, 2014
The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · depth 11 km
M 4.6 mwJuly 5, 2014
11km NE of Running Springs, CA · depth 7 km
M 5.1 mwMarch 29, 2014
2km NW of Brea, CA · depth 5 km
M 6.8 mwMarch 10, 2014
77 km WNW of Indianola, California · depth 16 km
M 4.6 mbMarch 5, 2014
246 km SSW of Avalon, California · depth 7 km
M 4.6 mwJanuary 23, 2014
93 km WSW of Ferndale, California · depth 23 km
M 4.5 mwJanuary 12, 2014
8 km W of Cobb, California · depth 2 km
M 4.7 mwNovember 8, 2013
98 km W of Big Lagoon, California · depth 12 km
M 4.6 mbNovember 4, 2013
254 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwOctober 11, 2013
50 km WNW of Samoa, California · depth 9 km
M 4.8 mwMay 29, 2013
6km W of Isla Vista, CA · depth 7 km
M 4.9 mlMay 24, 2013
1km NNW of Canyondam, CA · depth 4 km
M 5.7 mwMay 24, 2013
2 km NNE of Canyondam, California · depth 8 km
M 4.5 mwrMarch 30, 2013
83 km W of Ferndale, California · depth 5 km
M 4.7 mhMarch 11, 2013
21km ESE of Anza, CA · depth 11 km
M 6.3 mwwDecember 14, 2012
279 km SSW of Avalon, California · depth 13 km
M 5.3 mwOctober 21, 2012
24 km NE of San Lucas, California · depth 9 km
M 4.5 mwSeptember 25, 2012
3 km N of Talmage, California · depth 11 km
M 4.9 mwAugust 27, 2012
5km NNE of Brawley, CA · depth 4 km
M 4.6 mwAugust 26, 2012
6km N of Brawley, CA · depth 7 km
M 5.4 mwAugust 26, 2012
4km NNW of Brawley, CA · depth 8 km
M 4.9 mwAugust 26, 2012
5km NW of Brawley, CA · depth 4 km
M 5.3 mwAugust 26, 2012
5km NNW of Brawley, CA · depth 8 km
M 4.6 mwAugust 26, 2012
4km N of Brawley, CA · depth 5 km
M 5.2 mwJuly 21, 2012
92 km WSW of Ferndale, California · depth 6 km
M 5.1 mwJuly 21, 2012
109 km WSW of Ferndale, California · depth 25 km
M 5.6 mwFebruary 13, 2012
26 km NNW of Willow Creek, California · depth 27 km
M 4.7 mwOctober 27, 2011
3 km WSW of Sattley, California · depth 12 km
M 4.6 mwAugust 27, 2011
21 km NE of Soledad, California · depth 8 km
M 4.5 mwMarch 6, 2011
95 km WSW of Ferndale, California · depth 24 km
M 4.5 mwJanuary 12, 2011
9 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · depth 8 km
M 4.6 mlNovember 4, 2010
14km N of Ocotillo, CA · depth 13 km
M 5.4 mwJuly 7, 2010
20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · depth 12 km
M 5.7 mwJune 15, 2010
8km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · depth 9 km
M 4.5 mwMay 19, 2010
18km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · depth 9 km
M 4.7 mwMay 8, 2010
18km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · depth 2 km
M 4.8 mwMay 8, 2010
19km ESE of Ocotillo, 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.