California Earthquake Map

Our real-time Quake Tracker was developed in The Chronicle’s newsroom. It highlights earthquakes that have occurred in the past 30 days and focuses on epicenters in California.

Last updated: January 20, 2023 8:01 a.m.

• 4.3

  magnitude

  15 minutes ago

  
  Epicenter 17.2 miles northeast of McKinleyville

  Shakemap

• 3.1

  magnitude

  1 hour ago

  
  Epicenter 30.2 miles northwest of Coalinga

• 3.6

  magnitude

  6 hours ago

  
  Epicenter 20.6 miles northwest of Windsor

  Shakemap

• 3.6

  magnitude

  11 hours ago

  
  Epicenter 17.2 miles northeast of McKinleyville

  Shakemap

• 3.3

  magnitude

  12 hours ago

  
  Epicenter 7.8 miles northeast of Prunedale

• 3.6

  magnitude

  15 hours ago

  
  Epicenter 7.8 miles southwest of Hollister

  Shakemap

• 3.4

  magnitude

  18 hours ago

  
  Epicenter 16.3 miles northwest of Ridgecrest

• 3.4

  magnitude

  January 15, 2023 10:51 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 40.3 miles northwest of Fresno

  Shakemap

• 3.2

  magnitude

  January 14, 2023 3:06 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 37.5 miles southeast of South Lake Tahoe

• 3.5

  magnitude

  January 13, 2023 10:02 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 23.1 miles southwest of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 4.0

  magnitude

  January 11, 2023 5:21 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 44.8 miles southwest of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 5.0

  magnitude

  January 11, 2023 10:17 a.m.

  
  Epicenter near the coast of Oregon

• 5.0

  magnitude

  January 10, 2023 7:42 p.m.

  
  Epicenter near south of Alaska

  Shakemap

• 3.6

  magnitude

  January 10, 2023 6:32 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 3.7 miles east of McKinleyville

  Shakemap

• 3.1

  magnitude

  January 10, 2023 3:34 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 6.5 miles northeast of Porterville

• 3.2

  magnitude

  January 6, 2023 2:23 p.m.

  
  Epicenter near off the coast of Northern California

• 3.3

  magnitude

  January 6, 2023 12:27 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 7.0 miles southwest of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.0

  magnitude

  January 4, 2023 8:49 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 28.0 miles northwest of Ridgecrest

• 3.1

  magnitude

  January 2, 2023 10:41 p.m.

  
  Epicenter near the California-Nevada border region

• 5.3

  magnitude

  January 1, 2023 6:35 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 29.0 miles southeast of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.9

  magnitude

  January 1, 2023 6:49 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 13.5 miles northeast of Soledad

  Shakemap

• 3.1

  magnitude

  January 1, 2023 6:19 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 13.7 miles northeast of Soledad

• 4.1

  magnitude

  December 31, 2022 12:12 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 18.9 miles southwest of La Quinta

  Shakemap

• 4.2

  magnitude

  December 24, 2022 7:33 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 18.8 miles southeast of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.8

  magnitude

  December 22, 2022 11:49 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 31.8 miles southwest of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.3

  magnitude

  December 22, 2022 8:47 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 23.4 miles southwest of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.3

  magnitude

  December 22, 2022 2:22 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 1.7 miles north of Union City

• 3.3

  magnitude

  December 21, 2022 4:28 p.m.

  
  Epicenter 15.1 miles southeast of Eureka

  Shakemap

• 3.0

  magnitude

  December 21, 2022 7:17 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 10.3 miles southeast of Eureka

• 3.0

  magnitude

  December 21, 2022 1:07 a.m.

  
  Epicenter 25.9 miles southwest of Eureka

About the data

The Quake Tracker displays quakes from the past 30 days with magnitudes above 3.0 in Northern California, 4.0 in Southern California, 5.0 in the United States, and 7.0 in North America. Quakes below magnitude 3.0 are often not felt and do not appear on this map.

Intensity contours show how strongly a quake was felt and are displayed on the Quake Tracker when available. Rather than a gauge of pure shaking, intensity takes into account the effects on people and damage to infrastructure. The measure is designated using Roman numerals.

A quake at intensity III can be felt near the epicenter, but with no damage to structures. An intensity VII quake is widely felt and can destroy poorly built structures. At intensity VIII and beyond, structural engineers help determine how to categorize the quake based on observable damage, which can include rails bent, bridges destroyed and buildings shifted off their foundations.

Our optional fault layer shows fault lines from the USGS that cross the Bay Area that have seen evidence of seismic activity in the last 150 years. These faults are considered “active” and are likely to cause another earthquake.

All data in this project comes from the U.S. Geological Survey. Visit the agency’s site to opt into its Earthquake Notification Service.