City seismic atlas · United States
Reported earthquakes near San Francisco
The San Francisco view uses the city centre as the origin of a 300 km search across Northern California and adjacent Pacific waters. The results are reported epicentres within that circle, not a model of what people felt or where damage occurred.
- Centre
- 37.775, -122.419
- Radius
- 300 km
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
USGS · 2016–2025
Reported M4+ history near San Francisco
Source period: –
- M4.0+
- 82
- M5.0+
- 7
- M6.0+
- 1
Strongest event in the period
M6.0 · Antelope Valley, CA
- UTC
- Jul 8, 2021, 10:49 PM
- Depth
- 7.45 km
- Distance from search centre
- 268 km
Nearest event in the period
M4.4 · 2km SE of Berkeley, CA
- UTC
- Jan 4, 2018, 10:39 AM
- Depth
- 12.31 km
- Distance from search centre
- 17 km
Generated: .
Saved snapshot for the period dated below; it may be outdated. The latest shared package is requested when this page opens.
Shared package · 30 days
Recently reported earthquakes near San Francisco
Showing the latest 12 of 31 M2.5+ events within 300 km from the shared 30-day package
Package generated: . Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquake24 methodology
What this view means
This page selects reported epicentres within 300 km of the GeoNames coordinates for San Francisco. Historical counts use magnitude 4.0 or greater over ten complete calendar years. Recent events come from Earthquake24's shared 30-day package.
GeoNames records a population of 827,526 for this entry. It is a source field, not a metropolitan population figure.
Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey. USGS does not endorse Earthquake24 or ZENIT GROUP S.A.S.. City search data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.