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Latest quakes in or near California in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - list, stats and map

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Mag. 0.7 earthquake United States, Sonoma County, California -
Strongest todayMag. 3.4 San Benito County, Monterey County, California -
Updated: Mar 19, 2024 07:33 GMT -
Find all latest earthquakes in or near California in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake in or near California, find out which quakes are happening right now!
In the past 24 hours, California has had 119 quakes of magnitudes up to 3.4:
  • 1 quake above magnitude 3
  • 5 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 113 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Latest today: Mag. 0.7 Earthquake United States, 27 mi N of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California -
Strongest today: Mag. 3.4 Earthquake San Benito County, United States, 24 mi E of Salinas, Monterey County, California -

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Showing most recent quakes and quakes magnitude 0.5 or higher, within up to 50 km (31 mi) distance (120 quakes):
Date and TimeMag
Depth
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Mar 18, 11:49 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 06:49 GMT
0.7

1.1 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 11:29 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 06:29 GMT
1.5

2.1 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 11:26 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 06:26 GMT
0.8

2.3 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 11:07 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 06:07 GMT
1.1

2.1 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 10:58 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 05:58 GMT
1.1

9.8 km
San Bernardino County, United States, 3.5 mi north of Eastvale, Riverside County, California Info
Mar 18, 10:46 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 05:46 GMT
0.9

0.5 km
Inyo County, United States, 33 mi northeast of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California Info
Mar 18, 10:38 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 05:38 GMT
0.8

0.1 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 10:36 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 05:36 GMT
0.8

2 km
United States, 27 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 10:24 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 05:24 GMT
1.0

1.1 km
Lake County, United States, 26 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 09:48 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 04:48 GMT
1.2

5.5 km
Inyo County, United States, 20 mi north of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California Info
Mar 18, 09:47 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 04:47 GMT
0.7

1.7 km
United States, 28 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.01 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.59 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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Earthquake statistics

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 10 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 45,000 quakes on average per year in or near California:
  • Mag. 7 or higher: 0.15 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.7 years)
  • Mag. 6 or higher: 1.04 quakes per year
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 5 quakes per year
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 50 quakes per year (or 4.2 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 476 quakes per year (or 39.7 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 4,200 quakes per year (or 11.4 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 24,000 quakes per year (or 67 quakes per day)
California has a high level of seismic activity. California has had at least 19 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.

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