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Did I just feel an earthquake?
Felt a jolt, a rumble or the windows rattling? Check every earthquake recorded near you in the last few hours. It uses your location only in your browser, to measure distances.
Earthquakes in the last 3 hours
| Mag | Where | When | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 8 km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX | 9 km | |
| 4.4 | 84 km SE of Akutan, Alaska | 37 km | |
| 2.2 | 26 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska | 18 km | |
| 1.3 | 3 km SW of Yorba Linda, CA | 10 km | |
| 0.9 | 7 km N of Borrego Springs, CA | 10 km | |
| 1.0 | 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA | 3 km | |
| 0.6 | 5 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana | 8 km | |
| 2.1 | 109 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska | 1 km | |
| 1.7 | 14 km SE of Hatch, Utah | 15 km | |
| 2.5 | 23 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 9 km | |
| 4.6 | 73 km NNW of Gyalshing, India 2 felt reports | 10 km | |
| 1.4 | 7 km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA | 2 km | |
| 1.2 | 15 km NNE of Milford, Utah | 4 km | |
| 0.7 | 29 km ENE of Little Lake, CA | 2 km | |
| 2.2 | 15 km NNE of Milford, Utah | 4 km | |
| 0.8 | 1 km N of The Geysers, CA | 2 km | |
| 1.2 | 55 km N of Karluk, Alaska | 5 km | |
| 0.6 | 4 km SSE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana | 8 km | |
| 1.0 | 14 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA | 1 km | |
| 4.9 | 110 km E of Georgetown, Saint Helena | 10 km | |
| 0.7 | 65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska | 6 km | |
| 1.1 | 15 km NE of Milford, Utah | 4 km | |
| 0.8 | 88 km NW of Karluk, Alaska | 5 km | |
| 0.9 | 5 km SW of Idyllwild, CA | 16 km | |
| 1.6 | 4 km W of Cobb, CA | 2 km |
Nothing near you?
A quake can take 5 to 20 minutes to appear, so check again shortly. If still nothing shows up, the shaking may have had another cause:
- Heavy trucks, trains or construction nearby, especially in older buildings.
- Sonic booms from military jets, which rattle windows over a wide area.
- Thunder or a strong wind gust hitting the house.
- Quarry blasting, which seismometers often record. The USGS labels these as explosions, not earthquakes.
- Frost quakes (cryoseisms) in very cold snaps, when water in the ground freezes and cracks with a bang.
Report what you felt
If there was a quake, the USGS wants to hear from you. Open the event from the list above and choose “Did you feel it?”. Thousands of reports help scientists map the shaking far better than instruments alone.
If the shaking starts again
Drop to your hands and knees, cover your head and neck under a sturdy table, and hold on until it stops. Stay inside; most injuries happen to people moving around during the shaking. Expect aftershocks.
Good to know
How do I know if I felt an earthquake?
Check the list on this page for a quake near you in the last hour or two. Earthquakes feel like a sudden jolt or a rolling motion lasting a few seconds, often with a low rumble just before.
What is the smallest earthquake you can feel?
Close to the center, people sometimes feel quakes as small as magnitude 2 to 2.5, especially if they are shallow and you are sitting still or upstairs. Most people notice magnitude 3 and up.