M1.9 earthquake 11 km NNW of Avenal, California

Magnitude

1.9 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, May 30, 2002, 5:34 PM PDT

UTC

2002-05-31 00:34:32 UTC

Depth

7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.101° N, 120.162° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

168°

Stations used

14

• Avenal, CaliforniaPopulation 13,301. Forecast11 kmNNW
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast80 kmSSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast287 kmNW

After

1. 2.01 km NNW of Sunnyside, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 6:31 PM PDT · 8892 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
2. 2.810 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 5:42 AM PDT · 8892 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.911 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 8:38 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
4. 2.310 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 9:30 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.211 km SE of Santa Margarita, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 4:22 PM PDT · 8890 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
6. 1.515 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Jun 3, 1:53 AM PDT · 8890 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
7. 1.82 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Jun 3, 12:48 PM PDT · 8890 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
8. 1.729 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 8:03 AM PDT · 8889 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
9. 1.723 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 11:44 AM PDT · 8889 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
10. 2.313 km ENE of Bradley, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 3:33 PM PDT · 8888 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
11. 2.313 km ENE of Bradley, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 3:50 PM PDT · 8888 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
12. 2.14 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jun 6, 10:32 PM PDT · 8886 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
13. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 2:43 AM PDT · 8886 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
14. 2.24 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 3:57 PM PDT · 8885 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.211 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 8:40 PM PDT · 8885 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
16. 3.014 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 10:31 PM PDT · 8885 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
17. 2.622 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Jun 8, 8:34 PM PDT · 8884 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
18. 2.823 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSun, Jun 9, 3:13 AM PDT · 8884 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
19. 2.225 km ENE of King City, CaliforniaMon, Jun 10, 12:31 PM PDT · 8883 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
20. 2.324 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jun 10, 1:28 PM PDT · 8882 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
21. 2.411 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jun 11, 10:19 AM PDT · 8882 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
22. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jun 11, 4:20 PM PDT · 8881 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
23. 1.615 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Jun 11, 10:15 PM PDT · 8881 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
24. 2.09 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Jun 11, 10:38 PM PDT · 8881 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
25. 1.6Central CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 3:45 AM PDT · 8881 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
26. 2.17 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 3:53 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
27. 1.76 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 5:36 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
28. 1.810 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 6:11 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
29. 1.815 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 7:23 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.311 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 8:46 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
31. 2.48 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 11:33 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
32. 2.123 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 1:09 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
33. 1.616 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 1:13 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
34. 1.611 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 3:16 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
35. 2.212 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 4:02 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.110 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 4:25 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
37. 2.49 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 4:33 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
38. 1.79 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 4:46 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
39. 2.118 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 6:01 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
40. 1.516 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 8:54 PM PDT · 8879 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
41. 1.88 km WNW of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Jun 14, 1:16 AM PDT · 8879 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
42. 1.710 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 14, 1:20 AM PDT · 8879 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.710 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 14, 3:12 AM PDT · 8879 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
44. 2.37 km N of San Lucas, CaliforniaFri, Jun 14, 5:24 PM PDT · 8878 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
45. 1.911 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Jun 15, 8:14 AM PDT · 8878 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
46. 1.915 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jun 16, 11:15 AM PDT · 8877 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
47. 1.55 km W of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Jun 17, 7:35 AM PDT · 8876 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
48. 1.79 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Jun 17, 9:57 PM PDT · 8875 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
49. 3.023 km NNE of San Ardo, CaliforniaTue, Jun 18, 12:53 AM PDT · 8875 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
50. 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jun 18, 10:28 AM PDT · 8875 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
51. 1.624 km NE of King City, CaliforniaTue, Jun 18, 10:13 PM PDT · 8874 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
52. 3.124 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Jun 19, 4:21 PM PDT · 8873 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
53. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jun 20, 12:30 AM PDT · 8873 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
54. 1.56 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaFri, Jun 21, 12:37 AM PDT · 8872 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
55. 1.99 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:49 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
56. 1.68 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:53 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
57. 1.59 km NNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 3:20 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
58. 2.210 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:24 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
59. 1.610 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:25 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
60. 2.62 km SSW of Armona, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 5:26 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

1. 1.58 km SSW of Atascadero, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 5:24 PM PDT · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
2. 1.910 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 10:52 AM PDT · 8894 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.810 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 10:57 PM PDT · 8894 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.223 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 5:28 PM PDT · 8894 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
5. 1.525 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 5:50 AM PDT · 8895 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.37 km SSE of Lanare, CaliforniaTue, May 28, 9:20 PM PDT · 8895 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
7. 1.826 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, May 28, 9:19 PM PDT · 8895 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
8. 2.025 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, May 28, 8:59 PM PDT · 8895 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
9. 1.8Central CaliforniaTue, May 28, 7:37 AM PDT · 8896 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
10. 1.924 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 28, 5:54 AM PDT · 8896 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
11. 1.722 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 10:37 PM PDT · 8899 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
12. 3.822 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 10:44 AM PDT · 8900 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
13. 2.02 km ENE of Cayucos, CaliforniaThu, May 23, 10:23 AM PDT · 8901 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
14. 2.123 km NE of King City, CaliforniaThu, May 23, 8:43 AM PDT · 8901 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
15. 1.5Central CaliforniaWed, May 22, 9:15 AM PDT · 8902 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, May 21, 2:45 PM PDT · 8902 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.611 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 5:04 AM PDT · 8904 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
18. 2.134 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 4:15 AM PDT · 8904 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
19. 2.113 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 19, 9:29 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
20. 2.013 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 19, 8:59 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc21228009. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.