M2.5 earthquake 21 km WSW of Three Rocks, California

Magnitude

2.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, Oct 19, 1989, 8:03 PM PDT

UTC

1989-10-20 03:03:13 UTC

Depth

13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.394° N, 120.596° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

114°

Stations used

39

• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast35 kmNW
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast83 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast337 kmNW

After

1. 1.711 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 12:38 AM PDT · 13497 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.82 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 11:13 AM PDT · 13497 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
3. 3.22 km SW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 11:31 AM PDT · 13497 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.913 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 1:14 PM PDT · 13497 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
5. 1.63 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 3:02 PM PDT · 13497 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
6. 1.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 20, 4:23 PM PDT · 13497 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
7. 2.415 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Oct 21, 3:38 AM PDT · 13496 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
8. 2.420 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Oct 21, 10:01 AM PDT · 13496 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
9. 1.99 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 21, 6:24 PM PDT · 13496 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
10. 1.628 km W of Volta, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 4:45 AM PDT · 13495 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
11. 1.821 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 10:35 AM PDT · 13495 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.025 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 1:28 PM PDT · 13495 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
13. 1.813 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 6:35 PM PDT · 13495 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
14. 1.74 km W of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 6:41 PM PDT · 13495 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
15. 2.19 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 7:18 PM PDT · 13495 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
16. 2.431 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Oct 22, 7:54 PM PDT · 13495 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
17. 2.65 km NNW of Biola, CaliforniaMon, Oct 23, 12:21 AM PDT · 13494 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
18. 1.631 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Oct 23, 1:58 PM PDT · 13494 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
19. 1.54 km W of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, Oct 23, 5:31 PM PDT · 13494 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
20. 1.8Central CaliforniaTue, Oct 24, 10:21 AM PDT · 13493 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
21. 1.9Central CaliforniaTue, Oct 24, 1:13 PM PDT · 13493 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
22. 2.42 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Oct 24, 1:19 PM PDT · 13493 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
23. 1.533 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Oct 25, 6:07 AM PDT · 13492 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
24. 2.813 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Oct 25, 9:21 AM PDT · 13492 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
25. 3.21 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Oct 25, 11:20 AM PDT · 13492 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
26. 1.611 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 26, 5:47 PM PDT · 13491 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
27. 1.85 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Oct 26, 11:53 PM PDT · 13490 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
28. 2.026 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Oct 27, 1:59 AM PDT · 13490 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
29. 2.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Oct 27, 5:04 AM PDT · 13490 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
30. 2.012 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Oct 27, 7:49 AM PDT · 13490 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
31. 1.78 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 27, 7:07 PM PDT · 13490 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
32. 1.68 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 27, 10:25 PM PDT · 13489 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
33. 2.53 km W of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 3:32 AM PDT · 13489 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
34. 2.98 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 6:55 AM PDT · 13489 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
35. 2.34 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 8:45 AM PDT · 13489 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
36. 1.68 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 7:53 PM PDT · 13489 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
37. 1.89 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 9:03 PM PDT · 13489 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
38. 2.011 km NE of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Oct 28, 10:26 PM PDT · 13488 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
39. 1.511 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Oct 29, 1:28 AM PDT · 13488 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
40. 2.312 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Oct 29, 1:31 AM PDT · 13488 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
41. 1.812 km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSun, Oct 29, 1:41 AM PST · 13488 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
42. 1.923 km NE of King City, CaliforniaTue, Oct 31, 1:39 AM PST · 13486 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
43. 2.511 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Oct 31, 4:26 AM PST · 13486 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
44. 1.812 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Oct 31, 10:21 AM PST · 13486 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
45. 1.91 km ENE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 4:46 AM PST · 13485 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
46. 2.12 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 6:52 AM PST · 13485 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
47. 1.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 9:29 AM PST · 13485 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
48. 2.26 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 11:38 AM PST · 13485 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
49. 1.75 km W of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 11:40 AM PST · 13485 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
50. 2.111 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 1:40 PM PST · 13485 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
51. 1.66 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 4:30 PM PST · 13485 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
52. 1.95 km WSW of Corcoran, CaliforniaWed, Nov 1, 6:11 PM PST · 13485 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
53. 2.37 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 1:02 AM PST · 13484 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
54. 2.311 km NE of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 3:44 AM PST · 13484 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
55. 1.523 km ESE of Shandon, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 4:50 AM PST · 13484 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
56. 1.510 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 7:16 AM PST · 13484 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
57. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 3:16 PM PST · 13484 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
58. 1.522 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 8:17 PM PST · 13484 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
59. 1.911 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Nov 2, 11:58 PM PST · 13483 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
60. 2.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Nov 3, 8:04 AM PST · 13483 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 1.76 km SSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 7:34 PM PDT · 13498 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
2. 2.411 km NE of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 6:09 PM PDT · 13498 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
3. 1.99 km WSW of Lake Nacimiento, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 5:24 PM PDT · 13498 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
4. 2.02 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 11:46 AM PDT · 13498 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
5. 1.715 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 8:37 AM PDT · 13498 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
6. 3.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 4:35 AM PDT · 13498 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.32 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 4:25 AM PDT · 13498 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.76 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, Oct 19, 3:17 AM PDT · 13498 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
9. 2.741 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 7:19 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.83 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 5:51 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.318 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 2:53 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
12. 3.218 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 2:52 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
13. 2.17 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 10:36 AM PDT · 13499 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.77 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 10:31 AM PDT · 13499 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
15. 2.83 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Oct 18, 8:33 AM PDT · 13499 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
16. 3.63 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Oct 17, 6:24 PM PDT · 13500 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
17. 3.31 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Oct 17, 5:47 PM PDT · 13500 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
18. 3.00 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Oct 17, 5:46 PM PDT · 13500 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
19. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Oct 17, 2:20 AM PDT · 13500 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
20. 1.9Central CaliforniaTue, Oct 17, 12:42 AM PDT · 13500 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc20091735. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.