M1.9 earthquake 12km WSW of Madera, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12km WSW of Madera, CA on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:46 AM PDT (15:46 UTC), 11 km (7 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
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-16 15:46:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.933° N, 120.192° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 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 · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.110km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2543 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.314km S of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA · 2536 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 1.611km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2534 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.323km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 26
- 2.024km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.019km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2532 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.18km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2531 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.12km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.623km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.910km SSE of Bootjack, CA · 2531 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 1.822km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2529 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.25km N of Shaver Lake, CA · 2529 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 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 · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.26km W of Squaw Valley, CA · 2528 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.919km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.622km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.49km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.66km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.723km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2525 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.910km SW of Stratford, CA · 2525 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.510km N of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.610km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 1.911km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2524 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610km S of Bootjack, CA · 2523 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.811km SW of Stratford, CA · 2523 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2520 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.618km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.14km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.93km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.33km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.73km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.914km WSW of Stratford, CA · 2519 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.612km N of North Fork, CA · 2518 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.03km NE of New Idria, CA · 2518 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Coalinga, CA · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.33km ESE of Armona, CA · 2518 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.47km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2517 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.72km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2516 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2513 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.02km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.513km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2511 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 91.
Before
- 1.87km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Huron, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
- 2.09km SW of Mariposa, CA · 2548 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.610km W of Ahwahnee, CA · 2548 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.83km SSW of Parkwood, CA · 2548 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2551 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.712km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.911km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2555 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512km W of Huron, CA · 2555 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Huron, CA · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.47km NNW of Biola, CA · 2558 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.56km N of Biola, CA · 2558 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73293010. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC.