M1.9 earthquake 20 km SW of Three Rocks, California
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Three Rocks, California on Tue, Dec 25, 1984, 3:22 AM PST (11:22 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km NE of Coalinga, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-12-25 11:22:22 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.379° N, 120.565° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.23 km N of Hollister, California · 15255 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.18 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15255 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.611 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15254 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Oak Shores, California · 15254 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.114 km N of Coalinga, California · 15251 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.611 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15251 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15251 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15251 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15248 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.941 km W of Lockwood, CA · 15246 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.37 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.17 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.87 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.87 km N of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.47 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.711 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15246 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.625 km W of Three Rocks, California · 15246 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.65 km E of Coalinga, California · 15245 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15245 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.00 km WSW of Parkfield, California · 15245 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15245 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.511 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15244 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.424 km NE of King City, California · 15244 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Three Rocks, California · 15244 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15243 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.522 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15243 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612 km W of Oak Shores, California · 15242 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.423 km NE of King City, California · 15242 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15242 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.822 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15241 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.422 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15241 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15241 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15241 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15240 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.523 km NE of King City, California · 15240 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15240 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.6Central California · 15239 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4Central California · 15239 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3Central California · 15239 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.127 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15239 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15239 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15238 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.819 km NW of San Simeon, California · 15238 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.623 km NE of King City, California · 15237 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.814 km N of Coalinga, California · 15235 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9Central California · 15235 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.414 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15234 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.716 km N of Coalinga, California · 15234 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.215 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15234 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15234 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.122 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15234 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.721 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15233 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15233 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.324 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15231 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15230 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15230 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15229 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.811 km W of Avenal, California · 15228 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.623 km NE of King City, California · 15228 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 1.69 km SSW of Oak Shores, California · 15255 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2Central California · 15255 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Oak Shores, California · 15255 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Oak Shores, California · 15256 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15256 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Stratford, California · 15256 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.540 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15256 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.738 km W of Three Rocks, California · 15257 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.021 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15257 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.021 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15257 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Cantua Creek, California · 15257 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.517 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15258 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.022 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15259 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.622 km ESE of Big Sur, California · 15260 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.523 km E of Tres Pinos, California · 15260 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15260 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.711 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15260 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15260 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.723 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15260 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.90.7 km ESE of Hollister, CA · 15261 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc35359. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.