Recent Publications
The generation of large earthquakes Kato, A., & Ben-Zion, Y.
Surface deformation associated with fractures near the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence Xu, X., Sandwell, D. T., Ward, L. A., Milliner, C., Smith-Konter, B. R., Fang, P., & Bock, Y.
Excitation of San Andreas tremors by thermal instabilities below the seismogenic zone Wang, L., & Barbot, S.
Transient Deformation in California From Two Decades of GPS Displacements: Implications for a Three‐Dimensional Kinematic Reference Frame Klein, E., Bock, Y., Xu, X., Sandwell, D. T., Golriz, D., Fang, P., & Su, L.
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Recent Earthquakes
Earthquakes can happen at any time!
See recent earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in California and Nevada:
- M 2.5 - 14km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA
11/26/2020 8:59PM - M 3.6 - 10km WNW of Calipatria, CA
11/26/2020 2:59PM - M 2.9 - 14km S of Arvin, CA
11/26/2020 12:53PM - M 3.1 - 7km SSE of Littlerock, CA
11/26/2020 8:52AM - M 3.3 - 29km SE of Bodie, CA
11/26/2020 1:50AM - M 2.9 - 150 km W of Crescent City, California
11/25/2020 5:39PM - M 2.6 - 33 km SE of Mina, Nevada
11/25/2020 1:25PM - M 2.8 - 7km NE of Aguanga, CA
11/25/2020 11:05AM - M 3.0 - 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada
11/24/2020 1:23AM - M 3.1 - 33 km SE of Mina, Nevada
11/23/2020 11:56PM
