a daily pulse of Los Angeles — written by machines, read by neighbors
Southern California shakes constantly — about 28 recorded earthquakes a day in the latest week of data, nearly all of them far too small to feel. This page follows the region's seismic hum from the U.S. Geological Survey's public feed: the daily rate, the recent quakes big enough to notice, and how Los Angeles fits into a picture that is mostly not under LA.
Just felt something? The live box below shows the past hour straight from USGS; for the full picture in the minutes after a quake, use the USGS Latest Earthquakes map directly. Everything further down this page comes from our mirror, which refreshes once each morning.
Fetched from the USGS past-hour feed 1 minute ago (cached up to 5 minutes). Same Southern California box as the rest of this page. Early magnitudes and locations are automatic estimates and are often revised within minutes — treat them as first reads, not final values.
Data through Oct 20, 2026. Windows are measured against the newest event we hold, not the clock — the mirror ingests the USGS daily feed once a day, so late-day quakes appear the next morning.
Roughly the size where a quake starts being felt near its epicenter, depending on depth and distance. Locations are USGS's own place names — most of these are tens of miles or more from Los Angeles.
| When (Pacific) | Magnitude | Where | Depth | Felt reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 11:36 PM | M2.5 | 1 km E of Loma Linda, CA | 15 km | 1 |
| Oct 14, 8:30 PM | M3.0 | 3 km N of San Jacinto, CA | 13 km | 82 |
| Oct 11, 2:28 PM | M2.5 | 34 km WNW of Desert Center, CA | -1 km | — |
| Oct 11, 1:52 PM | M2.5 | 33 km WNW of Desert Center, CA | -0 km | — |
| Oct 11, 1:04 AM | M3.1 | 4 km E of San Jacinto, CA | 12 km | 48 |
| Oct 10, 9:59 AM | M2.5 | 10 km SE of Winchester, CA | 14 km | 19 |
| Oct 9, 12:44 AM | M3.2 | 2 km SW of Signal Hill, CA | 12 km | 895 |
| Oct 8, 1:09 AM | M2.7 | 2 km WNW of Fontana, CA | 6 km | 144 |
| Oct 6, 2:37 AM | M3.2 | 5 km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA | 4 km | 19 |
| Oct 5, 1:23 PM | M2.8 | 32 km SW of Dana Point, CA | 17 km | 3 |
| Oct 5, 1:22 PM | M3.5 | 31 km SW of Dana Point, CA | 11 km | 121 |
| Oct 5, 8:40 AM | M2.7 | 7 km SE of Goleta, CA | 9 km | 58 |
| Sep 30, 5:01 PM | M3.1 | 20 km ESE of Anza, CA | 5 km | 8 |
| Sep 29, 8:00 PM | M3.8 | 4 km SE of Piru, CA | 11 km | 185 |
| Sep 27, 8:40 AM | M3.6 | 6 km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA | 12 km | 2,099 |
| Sep 23, 8:11 PM | M2.6 | 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA | 6 km | — |
| Sep 23, 1:44 PM | M3.0 | 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA | 7 km | — |
| Sep 23, 8:01 AM | M3.2 | 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA | 7 km | 3 |
| Sep 23, 3:52 AM | M2.6 | 9 km WNW of Anza, CA | 13 km | 6 |
"Felt reports" are USGS Did You Feel It? submissions as counted while the event was in the daily feed we mirror; totals keep growing on USGS's site afterward, so these are floors. Each location links to the USGS event page.
95% of the 6,123 quakes on record here are below magnitude 2.0 — under the rough line where anyone notices, and detectable only by instruments. The biggest event we've recorded is a M4.4 2 km ESE of Frazier Park, CA on July 12, which drew 6 felt reports. For the full picture of the region's background rate and what it takes for a quake to be felt, read our finding: the Southern California earthquake hum.
| When (Pacific) | Magnitude | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2:37 AM | M1.7 | 6 km NE of Aguanga, CA | 4 km |
| Oct 20, 2:14 AM | M0.7 | 21 km ESE of Little Lake, CA | 8 km |
| Oct 20, 1:38 AM | M0.5 | 14 km ESE of Julian, CA | 10 km |
| Oct 20, 1:07 AM | M0.5 | 4 km WSW of Anza, CA | 6 km |
| Oct 20, 12:47 AM | M0.6 | 16 km ESE of Julian, CA | 8 km |
| Oct 20, 12:41 AM | M1.4 | 3 km ESE of Nuevo, CA | 11 km |
| Oct 19, 11:35 PM | M1.7 | 12 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA | 6 km |
| Oct 19, 10:33 PM | M0.3 | 3 km WSW of Anza, CA | 7 km |
| Oct 19, 7:09 PM | M2.3 | 11 km NW of Parkfield, CA | 11 km |
| Oct 19, 6:55 PM | M0.8 | 9 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA | 14 km |
| Oct 19, 6:25 PM | M1.1 | 5 km WSW of Warner Springs, CA | -1 km |
| Oct 19, 3:54 PM | M2.1 | 17 km NW of Tehachapi, CA | 8 km |
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