M2.4 earthquake 7km NNW of Biola, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7km NNW of Biola, CA on Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 12:43 AM PDT (07:43 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 23km SSW of Los Banos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-04 07:43:51 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.855° N, 120.058° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.213km WNW of Huron, CA · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512km W of Huron, CA · 2555 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.911km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2555 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2551 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.83km SSW of Parkwood, CA · 2548 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.610km W of Ahwahnee, CA · 2548 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.09km SW of Mariposa, CA · 2548 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Huron, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.87km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 2545 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2545 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.110km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2543 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.314km S of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA · 2536 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 1.611km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2534 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.323km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 26
- 2.024km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.019km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2532 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.12km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.623km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2531 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.822km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2529 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.25km N of Shaver Lake, CA · 2529 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.618km S of New Idria, CA · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.57km WNW of Raisin City, CA · 2529 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.26km W of Squaw Valley, CA · 2528 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.919km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.622km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.66km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.723km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2525 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.910km SW of Stratford, CA · 2525 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.510km N of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.610km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 1.911km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2524 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.610km S of Bootjack, CA · 2523 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.811km SW of Stratford, CA · 2523 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.618km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.14km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.93km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.33km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.914km WSW of Stratford, CA · 2519 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612km N of North Fork, CA · 2518 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.03km NE of New Idria, CA · 2518 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Coalinga, CA · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 2.56km N of Biola, CA · 2558 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.66km N of Avenal, CA · 2560 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.110km NW of Avenal, CA · 2564 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 13
- 2.08km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.38km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2567 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2568 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2569 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.412km WNW of Avenal, CA · 2569 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2569 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.67km NNE of Oakhurst, CA · 2569 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 2569 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.212km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.319km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2571 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69km NW of Avenal, CA · 2572 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.83km W of Madera Acres, CA · 2575 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73286325. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.