M1.8 earthquake 7 km N of Avenal, California

Magnitude

1.8 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Fri, Nov 13, 1987, 6:57 AM PST

UTC

1987-11-13 14:57:27 UTC

Depth

4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.075° N, 120.136° 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

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

207°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Avenal, CaliforniaPopulation 13,301. Forecast8 kmN
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast81 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast283 kmNW

After

1. 1.61 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Nov 15, 2:39 AM PST · 14201 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
2. 2.641 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Nov 15, 1:37 PM PST · 14201 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
3. 2.12 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Nov 15, 2:15 PM PST · 14201 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
4. 1.56 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 15, 5:03 PM PST · 14201 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
5. 2.012 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 16, 8:11 PM PST · 14200 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
6. 3.011 km WNW of Oak Shores, CaliforniaTue, Nov 17, 12:17 AM PST · 14199 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
7. 1.611 km NW of Oak Shores, CaliforniaTue, Nov 17, 12:21 AM PST · 14199 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
8. 1.916 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Nov 17, 10:08 AM PST · 14199 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
9. 2.710 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 20, 5:41 AM PST · 14196 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
10. 1.58 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Nov 20, 12:54 PM PST · 14196 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
11. 1.63 km E of San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 4:18 AM PST · 14195 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
12. 1.915 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 6:21 AM PST · 14195 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
13. 2.315 km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 1:45 PM PST · 14195 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
14. 1.821 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 4:41 PM PST · 14195 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.617 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 7:40 PM PST · 14195 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
16. 1.714 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 22, 6:39 PM PST · 14194 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
17. 2.616 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 23, 4:14 AM PST · 14193 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
18. 1.813 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Nov 23, 7:26 AM PST · 14193 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
19. 1.831 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Nov 25, 9:04 PM PST · 14190 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
20. 1.630 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Nov 26, 9:45 AM PST · 14190 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
21. 2.19 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Nov 26, 10:38 PM PST · 14189 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
22. 2.89 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Nov 26, 10:39 PM PST · 14189 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.025 km NNE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Nov 28, 10:39 PM PST · 14187 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
24. 2.518 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Nov 29, 5:33 AM PST · 14187 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
25. 1.812 km NW of Oak Shores, CaliforniaSun, Nov 29, 10:27 AM PST · 14187 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
26. 1.725 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 30, 1:45 AM PST · 14186 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
27. 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 30, 9:32 AM PST · 14186 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
28. 1.716 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 1, 8:31 PM PST · 14185 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
29. 1.617 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 1, 8:31 PM PST · 14185 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
30. 1.525 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 1, 11:40 PM PST · 14184 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
31. 2.3Central CaliforniaWed, Dec 2, 10:02 AM PST · 14184 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
32. 1.57 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Dec 2, 10:04 AM PST · 14184 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
33. 1.98 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 3, 12:37 AM PST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
34. 2.44 km SW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Dec 5, 6:52 AM PST · 14181 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
35. 1.725 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSun, Dec 6, 4:30 AM PST · 14180 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
36. 1.526 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaMon, Dec 7, 7:31 AM PST · 14179 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
37. 2.05 km SSE of Mendota, CaliforniaMon, Dec 7, 9:10 PM PST · 14178 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
38. 1.710 km S of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Dec 12, 1:28 PM PST · 14174 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
39. 1.628 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Dec 13, 11:51 AM PST · 14173 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
40. 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 15, 1:14 AM PST · 14171 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
41. 1.925 km WSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 15, 1:50 AM PST · 14171 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
42. 1.940 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Dec 15, 4:03 AM PST · 14171 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
43. 1.610 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 15, 2:49 PM PST · 14171 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
44. 1.611 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 15, 3:01 PM PST · 14171 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
45. 1.918 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 16, 5:01 PM PST · 14170 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
46. 1.823 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Dec 17, 11:31 PM PST · 14168 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
47. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 19, 3:31 PM PST · 14167 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
48. 2.022 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Dec 19, 10:04 PM PST · 14166 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
49. 1.925 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 2:48 PM PST · 14165 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
50. 2.026 km SW of Firebaugh, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 6:53 PM PST · 14165 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
51. 1.926 km SW of Firebaugh, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 8:07 PM PST · 14165 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
52. 1.926 km SW of Firebaugh, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 9:33 PM PST · 14164 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
53. 1.726 km SW of Firebaugh, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 10:18 PM PST · 14164 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
54. 1.526 km SW of Firebaugh, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 11:22 PM PST · 14164 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
55. 2.029 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 5:09 AM PST · 14164 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
56. 3.828 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:36 AM PST · 14164 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
57. 2.631 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:47 AM PST · 14164 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
58. 2.329 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:49 AM PST · 14164 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
59. 2.032 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:50 AM PST · 14164 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
60. 2.930 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:50 AM PST · 14164 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

1. 2.110 km SW of Huron, CAWed, Nov 11, 12:10 PM PST · 14205 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.05 km E of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Nov 11, 7:49 AM PST · 14205 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.69 km NNE of Lockwood, CaliforniaMon, Nov 9, 11:50 AM PST · 14207 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.82 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Nov 8, 4:22 PM PST · 14208 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
5. 1.612 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 8, 11:20 AM PST · 14208 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
6. 1.512 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Nov 7, 4:00 PM PST · 14209 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
7. 2.311 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Nov 6, 12:43 AM PST · 14210 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
8. 2.610 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaTue, Nov 3, 10:08 PM PST · 14212 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
9. 1.78 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Nov 2, 10:43 AM PST · 14214 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
10. 1.816 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Nov 1, 10:34 AM PST · 14215 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
11. 1.526 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Oct 31, 7:28 PM PST · 14216 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
12. 3.18 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Oct 30, 7:27 PM PST · 14217 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.710km NE of Alpaugh, CAWed, Oct 28, 9:55 PM PST · 14218 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
14. 2.411 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 28, 3:41 PM PST · 14219 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.015 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 27, 10:52 PM PST · 14219 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
16. 1.7Central CaliforniaMon, Oct 26, 9:48 PM PST · 14220 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
17. 1.811 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 24, 8:16 AM PDT · 14223 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
18. 1.89 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Oct 23, 12:38 PM PDT · 14224 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
19. 2.17 km S of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Oct 22, 12:07 AM PDT · 14225 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
20. 2.02 km SE of San Ardo, CaliforniaWed, Oct 21, 3:08 AM PDT · 14226 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc10085583. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.