M2.2 earthquake Central California

Magnitude

2.2 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Oct 3, 1987, 12:35 PM PDT

UTC

1987-10-03 19:35:34 UTC

Depth

23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.852° N, 119.751° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.03

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

115°

Stations used

12

• Alpaugh, CaliforniaPopulation 1,026. Forecast24 kmW
• Corcoran, CaliforniaPopulation 22,477. Forecast32 kmSSW
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast67 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast243 kmNW

After

1. 1.88 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 4, 3:55 AM PDT · 14241 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
2. 1.95 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 4, 1:52 PM PDT · 14240 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
3. 1.78 km SE of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Oct 5, 1:13 AM PDT · 14240 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
4. 2.17 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 7, 2:58 PM PDT · 14237 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
5. 2.19 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 7, 8:22 PM PDT · 14237 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.913km NW of Taft, CAThu, Oct 8, 5:24 PM PDT · 14236 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
7. 1.614 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 9, 3:36 PM PDT · 14235 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
8. 1.73 km ESE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Oct 10, 2:26 AM PDT · 14235 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
9. 2.13 km E of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Oct 10, 2:54 AM PDT · 14235 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
10. 2.12 km E of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Oct 10, 6:16 PM PDT · 14234 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
11. 1.715 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 10, 7:45 PM PDT · 14234 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
12. 2.68 km S of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Oct 11, 12:51 AM PDT · 14234 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
13. 2.011km N of Simmler, CAMon, Oct 12, 5:44 PM PDT · 14232 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
14. 1.911 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 14, 12:19 PM PDT · 14230 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
15. 1.812 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 16, 9:40 PM PDT · 14228 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
16. 2.116 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 17, 8:34 AM PDT · 14228 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
17. 2.319 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Oct 19, 1:13 PM PDT · 14225 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
18. 2.17 km S of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Oct 22, 12:07 AM PDT · 14223 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
19. 1.89 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Oct 23, 12:38 PM PDT · 14221 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
20. 1.811 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 24, 8:16 AM PDT · 14221 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
21. 1.7Central CaliforniaMon, Oct 26, 9:48 PM PST · 14218 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
22. 2.015 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 27, 10:52 PM PST · 14217 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
23. 2.411 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 28, 3:41 PM PST · 14216 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
24. 2.710km NE of Alpaugh, CAWed, Oct 28, 9:55 PM PST · 14216 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
25. 3.18 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Oct 30, 7:27 PM PST · 14214 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
26. 1.816 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Nov 1, 10:34 AM PST · 14212 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
27. 1.78 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Nov 2, 10:43 AM PST · 14211 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
28. 2.610 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaTue, Nov 3, 10:08 PM PST · 14210 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
29. 2.311 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Nov 6, 12:43 AM PST · 14208 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
30. 1.512 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Nov 7, 4:00 PM PST · 14206 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
31. 1.612 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 8, 11:20 AM PST · 14205 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
32. 2.05 km E of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Nov 11, 7:49 AM PST · 14203 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
33. 2.110 km SW of Huron, CAWed, Nov 11, 12:10 PM PST · 14202 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
34. 1.87 km N of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 13, 6:57 AM PST · 14201 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
35. 1.56 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 15, 5:03 PM PST · 14198 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
36. 2.012 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 16, 8:11 PM PST · 14197 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
37. 1.916 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Nov 17, 10:08 AM PST · 14196 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
38. 2.710 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 20, 5:41 AM PST · 14194 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
39. 1.58 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Nov 20, 12:54 PM PST · 14193 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
40. 1.915 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 6:21 AM PST · 14193 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
41. 2.315 km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 1:45 PM PST · 14192 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
42. 1.821 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 4:41 PM PST · 14192 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
43. 1.617 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Nov 21, 7:40 PM PST · 14192 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
44. 1.714 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Nov 22, 6:39 PM PST · 14191 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
45. 2.616 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Nov 23, 4:14 AM PST · 14191 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
46. 1.813 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Nov 23, 7:26 AM PST · 14191 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
47. 1.925km SW of Lamont, CAMon, Nov 23, 5:18 PM PST · 14190 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
48. 2.19 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Nov 26, 10:38 PM PST · 14187 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
49. 2.89 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Nov 26, 10:39 PM PST · 14187 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
50. 2.518 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Nov 29, 5:33 AM PST · 14185 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
51. 1.716 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 1, 8:31 PM PST · 14182 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
52. 1.617 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 1, 8:31 PM PST · 14182 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
53. 2.3Central CaliforniaWed, Dec 2, 10:02 AM PST · 14181 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
54. 1.57 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Dec 2, 10:04 AM PST · 14181 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away

Before

1. 1.55 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 1, 8:02 PM PDT · 14243 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
2. 4.822 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Oct 1, 7:49 AM PDT · 14244 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
3. 1.512 km NE of Shandon, CaliforniaTue, Sep 29, 4:48 AM PDT · 14246 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
4. 1.614 km WNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Sep 27, 8:45 PM PDT · 14247 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
5. 1.616 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Sep 27, 12:32 PM PDT · 14247 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
6. 2.120km ENE of Oildale, CASun, Sep 27, 5:00 AM PDT · 14248 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.310 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Sep 27, 1:43 AM PDT · 14248 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
8. 3.010km NNE of Oildale, CAFri, Sep 25, 8:01 AM PDT · 14250 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
9. 1.610 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Sep 21, 5:31 PM PDT · 14253 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
10. 1.66 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Sep 21, 12:07 PM PDT · 14253 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
11. 2.08 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Sep 20, 3:15 PM PDT · 14254 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
12. 2.24 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 5:02 PM PDT · 14256 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
13. 1.94 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 3:55 AM PDT · 14257 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.94 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 3:50 AM PDT · 14257 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
15. 1.64 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 3:50 AM PDT · 14257 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
16. 3.113 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 2:40 AM PDT · 14257 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.715 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 12:32 PM PDT · 14258 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
18. 3.316 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Sep 15, 3:48 AM PDT · 14260 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
19. 1.513 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Sep 15, 12:49 AM PDT · 14260 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
20. 2.08 km SW of Stratford, CaliforniaMon, Sep 14, 7:10 PM PDT · 14260 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc106797 (also filed as ci731979). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC.