Past earthquakes in or near California: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, California has had 49,892 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.5:

1 quake above magnitude 6
12 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
43 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
446 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
3,972 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
45,418 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Strongest: Mag. 6.5 Earthquake 56km W of Tonopah, Nevada (USA) -

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Past earthquakes in or near California: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 28, 2020 11:10 pm (GMT -8)	5.7 10 km	269 km (167 mi) to the NW	Off the Coast of Oregon, USA 27 reports	Info
Monday, December 28, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 28, 2020 07:29 am (Tijuana)	4.4 8 km	150 km (93 mi) to the SE	38 Km N of San Felipe, Mexico	Info
Dec 28, 2020 06:34 am (Tijuana)	4.0 17 km	27 km (17 mi) to the SE	20 Km Al NORTE De GPE VICTORIA(KM.43), BC, Mexico 1 report	Info
Sunday, December 27, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 27, 2020 06:44 am (Los Angeles)	3.8 26 km		15km E of Willows, CA, USA 171 reports	Info
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 23, 2020 03:00 pm (Los Angeles)	3.8 5.8 km	236 km (147 mi) to the NE	26 Km WSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA	Info
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 GMT (3 quakes)
Dec 22, 2020 01:37 pm (Tijuana)	3.7 15 km	66 km (41 mi) to the SE	23 Km Al NOROESTE De GPE VICTORIA(KM.43), BC, Mexico	Info
Dec 22, 2020 01:20 am (Tijuana)	3.7 10 km	52 km (32 mi) to the SE	19 Km Al NOROESTE De GPE VICTORIA(KM.43), BC, Mexico	Info
Dec 21, 2020 04:30 pm (Tijuana)	4.0 15 km	66 km (41 mi) to the SE	19km W of Delta, B.C., MX, Mexico 16 reports	Info
Friday, December 18, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 18, 2020 08:13 am (Los Angeles)	3.9 26 km		12 mi south of Fortuna, Humboldt County, California, USA 2 reports	Info
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 15, 2020 06:58 am (Los Angeles)	3.7 4.3 km		6.1 mi northeast of Morgan Hill, California, USA 255 reports	Info
Dec 14, 2020 04:35 pm (Los Angeles)	4.3 10.8 km	56 km (35 mi) to the NE	Esmeralda, 18 mi southeast of Mina, Nevada, USA 2 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5.6 x 10¹⁴ joules (156 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.3 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 8.4 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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