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California earthquakes of magnitude 3 to below 6, 2020–2025

USGS earthquake epicentres in California for 2020 through 2025, with magnitudes from 3 to below 6.

Preview of California earthquakes of magnitude 3 to below 6, 2020–2025
USGS ComCat

About this dataset

  • The source query is clipped to the California state boundary. Offshore events outside that boundary are excluded.
  • Each point marks an earthquake epicentre. Depth is measured in kilometres below the reference surface.
  • Use magnitude and event time to compare historical events.
  • The period is 1 January 2020 through 31 December 2025. Magnitude 6 and larger events are excluded.
  • The catalogue was retrieved on 15 September 2026. Event locations and magnitudes can be revised; this is not a hazard forecast.

Source and licence

USGS ComCat

Licence: Public domain

GeoJSON download details

The download includes all 1,548 features as points. Coordinates use longitude and latitude in WGS84.

The preparation date is when we prepared this dataset. Read the source notes for the dates covered by the data.

GeoJSON fields 6
name
USGS event location label.
event_id
USGS event identifier.
magnitude
Source earthquake magnitude.
time_utc
Origin time in UTC.
depth_km
Event depth in kilometres.
source_url
USGS event page.