Cities with the most strong earthquakes nearby

Ranked by earthquakes of M4+ within 50 miles since 1900. Cathedral City, CA, leads with 480.

Cities with the most strong earthquakes nearby

1	Cathedral City CA	480	56	M7.3
2	Palm Desert CA	463	50	M7.3
3	Indio CA	447	50	M7.3
4	Beaumont CA	435	51	M7.3
5	Yucaipa CA	427	49	M7.3
6	San Jacinto CA	417	51	M7.3
7	Hemet CA	404	50	M7.3
8	Redlands CA	390	47	M7.3
9	Highland CA	385	47	M7.3
10	Moreno Valley CA	375	42	M7.3
11	Upland CA	358	38	M6.7
12	Rancho Cucamonga CA	353	37	M6.7
13	Perris CA	353	36	M6.7
14	Riverside CA	340	34	M6.7
15	Jurupa Valley CA	337	36	M6.7
16	Montebello CA	333	36	M6.7
17	El Monte CA	333	36	M6.7
18	Pico Rivera CA	333	36	M6.7
19	Arcadia CA	333	36	M6.7
20	Norwalk CA	332	36	M6.7
21	Baldwin Park CA	331	36	M6.7
22	Monterey Park CA	331	35	M6.7
23	Whittier CA	330	36	M6.7
24	Colton CA	330	36	M6.7
25	Alhambra CA	329	35	M6.7
26	West Covina CA	328	35	M6.7
27	Downey CA	328	35	M6.7
28	Vancouver WA	328	18	M5.7
29	Menifee CA	328	38	M6.7
30	Bellflower CA	327	35	M6.7
31	Gilroy CA	327	44	M6.9
32	Fontana CA	327	35	M6.7
33	South Gate CA	325	36	M6.7
34	Pasadena CA	325	32	M6.7
35	Lakewood CA	323	35	M6.7
36	Paramount CA	323	35	M6.7
37	Huntington Park CA	322	33	M6.7
38	Salinas CA	322	43	M6.9
39	Rialto CA	322	34	M6.7
40	Lynwood CA	321	36	M6.7
41	Compton CA	321	36	M6.7
42	Watsonville CA	320	44	M6.9
43	Pomona CA	320	32	M6.7
44	Diamond Bar CA	320	31	M6.7
45	La Habra CA	316	31	M6.7
46	Lancaster CA	316	35	M6.7
47	Carson CA	313	36	M6.7
48	Buena Park CA	313	30	M6.7
49	Glendale CA	311	32	M6.7
50	Ontario CA	310	32	M6.7
51	Fullerton CA	308	29	M6.7
52	Gardena CA	308	32	M6.7
53	San Bernardino CA	308	39	M7.3
54	Long Beach CA	305	32	M6.7
55	Burbank CA	305	32	M6.7
56	Inglewood CA	304	31	M6.7
57	Santa Monica CA	303	34	M6.7
58	Los Angeles CA	301	31	M6.7
59	Apple Valley CA	300	29	M7.3
60	Placentia CA	300	30	M6.7
61	Hawthorne CA	300	31	M6.7
62	Eastvale CA	299	33	M6.7
63	Santa Clarita CA	299	41	M7.5
64	Redondo Beach CA	298	32	M6.7
65	Torrance CA	298	33	M6.7
66	Bakersfield CA	295	32	M7.5
67	Chino Hills CA	294	31	M6.7
68	Lake Elsinore CA	293	32	M6.7
69	Yorba Linda CA	287	31	M6.7
70	Garden Grove CA	286	28	M6.7
71	San Jose CA	285	39	M6.9
72	Hesperia CA	282	34	M6.7
73	Santa Cruz CA	271	41	M6.9
74	Chino CA	270	31	M6.7
75	Corona CA	270	31	M6.7
76	Simi Valley CA	258	38	M7.5
77	Westminster CA	258	24	M6.7
78	Santa Clara CA	256	37	M7.9
79	Cupertino CA	256	36	M7.9
80	Milpitas CA	252	35	M7.9
81	Murrieta CA	250	33	M6.7
82	Sunnyvale CA	248	35	M7.9
83	Victorville CA	245	20	M6.3
84	Thousand Oaks CA	245	37	M6.7
85	Anaheim CA	238	25	M6.7
86	Orange CA	238	25	M6.7
87	Huntington Beach CA	235	23	M6.7
88	Fremont CA	234	35	M7.9
89	Mountain View CA	234	35	M7.9
90	Fountain Valley CA	233	24	M6.7
91	Palo Alto CA	232	35	M7.9
92	Palmdale CA	228	30	M6.7
93	Camarillo CA	225	34	M6.8
94	Lake Forest CA	225	22	M6.7
95	Santa Ana CA	225	23	M6.7
96	Mission Viejo CA	221	22	M6.7
97	Costa Mesa CA	220	22	M6.4
98	Irvine CA	217	23	M6.7
99	Newport Beach CA	216	20	M6.4
100	Tustin CA	213	21	M6.7

Figures come from each place’s page and share its sources and rules; see the methodology. City lists include places of 50,000 people or more.

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