Big Sur, California · 81 km (50 miles) from the Soquel seismograph
Earthquakes near Big Sur
3 so far in 2026 within 50 km (31 miles), per the USGS catalog. Felt something? The trace below is the ground moving right now.
Is the ground moving near Big Sur right now?
Live helicorder from Soquel, 81 km from Big Sur and about six miles from the 1989 Loma Prieta epicenter — refreshed every five minutes. Each line is one hour; an earthquake is a wide dark burst.
| Mag | When | Where | From station |
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Every earthquake within 50 km of Big Sur since 2025
USGS catalog, M2.0 and above, newest first. ✓ Soquel marks the ones this station recorded; where the station has its own page for the event, the mark is a link. The largest in this window: M2.2 4 km E of Lopez Point, CA, June 30, 2026.
| When (Pacific) | Mag. | USGS location | From Big Sur | Soquel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 at 10:26 AM PDT | M2.2 | 4 km E of Lopez Point, CA | 38 km · 24 mi | — |
| June 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM PDT | M2.1 | 13 km S of Carmel By The Sea, CA | 22 km · 14 mi | — |
| June 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM PDT | M2.1 | 14 km S of Carmel By The Sea, CA | 22 km · 14 mi | — |
| June 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM PDT | M2.2 | 14 km SE of Point Sur, CA | 5 km · 3 mi | — |
What this page is. The list is the USGS catalog for a 50 km circle around Big Sur; magnitudes, places and times are theirs. The one thing measured here is the ground motion in Soquel, 81 km away, on a short-period seismograph run since 2002 — the trace at the top, and the ✓ marks below it. Data refreshed daily.
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