M1.6 earthquake 9 km E of Coalinga, California

Magnitude

1.6 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Dec 14, 1983, 9:54 AM PST

UTC

1983-12-14 17:54:30 UTC

Depth

10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.145° N, 120.250° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

173°

Stations used

13

• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast10 kmE
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast79 kmSSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast296 kmNW

After

1. 1.710 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Dec 21, 2:50 PM PST · 15616 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
2. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 21, 3:51 PM PST · 15616 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
3. 2.111 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 22, 10:07 AM PST · 15615 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
4. 1.613 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Dec 22, 3:49 PM PST · 15615 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
5. 3.312 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, Dec 22, 6:03 PM PST · 15615 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
6. 1.78 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Dec 23, 1:21 AM PST · 15615 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.128 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 23, 5:22 AM PST · 15614 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
8. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Dec 23, 10:36 AM PST · 15614 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
9. 1.820 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Dec 23, 11:41 AM PST · 15614 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
10. 2.114 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Dec 24, 1:35 AM PST · 15613 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
11. 2.112 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Dec 24, 1:52 PM PST · 15613 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
12. 2.47 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Dec 24, 6:53 PM PST · 15613 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
13. 1.54 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Dec 25, 5:30 AM PST · 15612 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.023 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 25, 1:38 PM PST · 15612 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.67 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Dec 25, 10:36 PM PST · 15612 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
16. 2.912 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Dec 26, 11:21 PM PST · 15611 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
17. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 27, 6:51 AM PST · 15610 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
18. 2.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 27, 10:17 AM PST · 15610 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
19. 1.814 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 5:04 AM PST · 15609 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.611 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 12:25 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
21. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 2:26 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
22. 2.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 3:03 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
23. 1.524 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 7:44 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
24. 1.612 km NW of Avenal, CAWed, Dec 28, 10:21 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
25. 2.111 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Dec 28, 10:42 PM PST · 15609 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
26. 1.79 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 29, 3:38 AM PST · 15608 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
27. 1.87 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 29, 7:48 AM PST · 15608 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
28. 1.97 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Dec 30, 2:20 AM PST · 15607 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
29. 1.96 km ENE of Cantua Creek, CaliforniaFri, Dec 30, 5:36 AM PST · 15607 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
30. 1.634 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaFri, Dec 30, 5:53 PM PST · 15607 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
31. 2.324 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 30, 7:14 PM PST · 15607 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
32. 2.511 km NNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 5:30 AM PST · 15606 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
33. 2.622 km SSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 6:36 AM PST · 15606 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
34. 2.04 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 9:11 AM PST · 15606 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
35. 2.510 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 12:47 PM PST · 15606 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
36. 1.812 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 5:19 PM PST · 15606 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
37. 1.520 km SSW of Los Banos, CaliforniaSat, Dec 31, 5:59 PM PST · 15606 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
38. 2.813 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jan 1, 10:27 AM PST · 15605 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
39. 1.611 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jan 1, 6:21 PM PST · 15605 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
40. 1.716 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 2:39 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
41. 2.215 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 3:29 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
42. 2.1Central CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 11:17 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
43. 1.67 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 11:19 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
44. 2.911 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 11:40 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
45. 2.810 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jan 2, 11:40 PM PST · 15604 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
46. 2.522 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Jan 3, 2:51 AM PST · 15603 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
47. 1.612 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jan 3, 6:59 PM PST · 15603 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
48. 1.79 km SW of Lanare, CaliforniaTue, Jan 3, 10:16 PM PST · 15603 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
49. 1.68 km S of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Jan 4, 4:08 AM PST · 15602 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
50. 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jan 4, 10:04 PM PST · 15602 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
51. 1.923 km NE of King City, CaliforniaThu, Jan 5, 6:44 AM PST · 15601 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
52. 1.56 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jan 5, 10:40 AM PST · 15601 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
53. 1.71 km S of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 5, 3:24 PM PST · 15601 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
54. 1.923 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Jan 5, 4:18 PM PST · 15601 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
55. 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 5, 6:24 PM PST · 15601 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
56. 2.510 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Jan 6, 3:17 PM PST · 15600 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
57. 1.718 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jan 6, 5:56 PM PST · 15600 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
58. 2.111 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Jan 6, 10:17 PM PST · 15600 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
59. 1.610 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jan 7, 12:47 AM PST · 15600 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.310 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Jan 7, 3:30 AM PST · 15599 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1108434. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.