M2.0 earthquake 10 km SSE of Huron, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Huron, California on Mon, Jul 11, 1988, 2:43 AM PDT (09:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 8 km NNW 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
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-07-11 09:43:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.120° N, 120.041° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13960 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13958 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.411 km WSW of Huron, California · 13957 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.714 km SSW of Three Rocks, California · 13954 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Huron, California · 13953 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Coalinga, California · 13953 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Coalinga, California · 13953 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Porterville, CA · 13950 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.111 km WSW of Huron, California · 13950 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of San Lucas, California · 13950 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Huron, California · 13950 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.925km NW of Buttonwillow, CA · 13950 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Paso Robles, California · 13948 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.225km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 13948 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.52 km E of San Ardo, California · 13948 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Huron, California · 13947 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.311 km WSW of Huron, California · 13947 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Avenal, California · 13944 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13944 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13944 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13944 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.48 km N of Coalinga, California · 13943 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 13942 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.816 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 13942 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.28 km NE of Coalinga, California · 13941 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.323 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13940 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Firebaugh, California · 13939 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.716 km N of Coalinga, California · 13939 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.023 km NNE of San Ardo, California · 13939 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.024 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13938 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.210 km NW of Avenal, California · 13935 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.111 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13935 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.719 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 13934 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.724 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13934 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.125 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13933 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.124 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13932 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.812 km N of Coalinga, California · 13930 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.38 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 13928 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.49 km N of Coalinga, California · 13928 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.023 km NW of Parkfield, California · 13928 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13928 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.70km ESE of Tipton, CA · 13928 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.717 km NW of Parkfield, California · 13927 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.217 km NW of Parkfield, California · 13927 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.824 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13925 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.924 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13925 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.05 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13925 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13924 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.725 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 13924 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Paso Robles, California · 13922 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13920 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Coalinga, California · 13920 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 13920 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 13920 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.210 km SSE of Huron, California · 13919 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13919 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13919 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 13918 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.319 km NW of Parkfield, California · 13917 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.04km N of Buttonwillow, CA · 13916 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 2.410 km E of Coalinga, California · 13962 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Soledad, California · 13963 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Huron, California · 13963 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, California · 13964 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Huron, California · 13965 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Cantua Creek, California · 13965 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.37km NE of Simmler, CA · 13968 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Central California · 13969 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Coalinga, California · 13969 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Avenal, California · 13970 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Avenal, California · 13970 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.027 km NE of San Lucas, California · 13972 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.925 km NE of King City, California · 13974 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Huron, California · 13975 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Kettleman City, California · 13975 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Kettleman City, California · 13977 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.77km NE of Simmler, CA · 13977 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.513 km N of Coalinga, California · 13978 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.65 km N of Stratford, California · 13978 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 13979 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc120189 (also filed as ci642854). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.