California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 15 km NNW of Coalinga, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Coalinga, California on Tue, Dec 4, 1984, 10:06 PM PST (06:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 24 km WNW of Three Rocks, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-12-05 06:06:57 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.273° N, 120.415° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
15

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 152.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc33385 (also filed as ci56214). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.