October 31, 2007 Earthquake: San Jose, California, United States
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck San Jose, California, United States on October 31, 2007 at 03:04:54 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- October 31, 2007
- Time
- 03:04:54 UTC
- Place
- San Jose, California, United States
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.434° N, 121.774° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage in the San Jose area. Felt (VI) at Mount Hamilton and San Jose; (V) at Alviso, Milpitas, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Felt in most of central and northern California from Arcata to Bakersfield. Also felt in the Carson City-Reno area, Nevada. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California, United States
- October 18, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, United States
- October 21, 1868, Hayward,san Francisco, California, United States
- August 24, 2014, Napa, Vallejo, California, United States
- October 2, 1969, Santa Rosa, California, United States
- April 24, 1984, Morgan Hill, Central, California, United States
- November 26, 1858, San Jose,san Francisco, California, United States
- July 4, 1861, Contra Costa,alameda Counties, California, United States
- October 8, 1865, Santa Cruz, California, United States
- January 24, 1980, Livermore, California, United States
- February 15, 1856, Northern, California, United States
- September 24, 1859, Half Moon Bay, California, United States
- July 20, 2007, Montclair, California, United States
- June 1838, San Francisco,san Jose,santa Clara, California, United States
- June 10, 1836, California, United States
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 7698.