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 - 9km SW of Niland, CA
01/25/2021 12:16AM - M 2.6 - 13km S of McCloud, CA
01/24/2021 4:57PM - M 2.6 - 18km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
01/24/2021 3:27PM - M 2.5 - 18km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
01/24/2021 2:16PM - M 3.1 - 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada
01/23/2021 8:12PM - M 2.6 - 16km E of Ocotillo, CA
01/23/2021 2:26PM - M 2.6 - 13km NE of Ridgecrest, CA
01/22/2021 8:13PM - M 2.7 - 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada
01/22/2021 8:31AM - M 2.9 - 5km SW of Salton City, CA
01/22/2021 7:45AM - M 3.0 - 30 km SE of Mina, Nevada
01/22/2021 5:15AM