California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 10 km NNW of Coalinga, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Coalinga, California on Mon, Mar 5, 1984, 5:32 AM PST (13:32 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 21 km N of Lost Hills, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-03-05 13:32:07 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.229° N, 120.411° 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
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.221 km N of Lost Hills, California · 15531 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.612 km NNW of San Simeon, California · 15531 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.816 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15531 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.811 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15531 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 1.717 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15531 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.822 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15531 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.612 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15530 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.89 km N of Coalinga, California · 15530 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.29 km SW of Huron, California · 15530 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.421 km SSW of Los Banos, California · 15530 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.87km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 15530 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.16 km N of Coalinga, California · 15530 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.84 km ENE of Cambria, California · 15529 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15529 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.79 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15529 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.312 km N of Coalinga, California · 15529 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.68 km W of Coalinga, California · 15528 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.87 km W of Coalinga, California · 15528 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.011 km N of Coalinga, California · 15528 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.79km S of Alpaugh, CA · 15527 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15527 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.818 km NW of Lost Hills, California · 15527 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 1.614 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15527 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 3.319 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 3.018 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.020 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.118 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.16 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.66 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15526 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 1.823 km NNE of San Lucas, California · 15525 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.621 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15525 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.723 km WNW of Three Rocks, California · 15523 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.78km N of Coalinga, CA · 15523 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.620 km SSW of Three Rocks, California · 15523 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 1.511 km SW of Huron, California · 15523 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.616 km N of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.511 km W of Huron, California · 15522 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.521 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15522 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 1.510 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.519 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 2.420 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.819 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 1.518 km NW of Huron, California · 15522 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 3.110 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15522 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, California · 15522 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.827 km NE of Soledad, California · 15521 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.627 km NE of Soledad, California · 15521 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.823 km NNW of San Simeon, California · 15521 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.715 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15521 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.922 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15521 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 1.625 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15521 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.419 km SW of Three Rocks, California · 15521 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.97 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15520 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.022 km SSW of Three Rocks, California · 15520 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 1.99 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15520 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 1.84 km ESE of La Vina, California · 15519 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.02 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 15519 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.415 km N of Coalinga, California · 15518 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 1.68 km S of Huron, California · 15518 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.84km SW of Alpaugh, CA · 15517 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc9022 (also filed as ci33154). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.