M1.6 earthquake 21km SSW of Bootjack, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21km SSW of Bootjack, CA on Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 10:11 PM PST (06:11 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 11km SSE 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-14 06:11:10 UTC
- Depth
- 23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.294° N, 120.001° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.018km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 2424 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2419 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.26km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2414 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.210km WNW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2411 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52km S of Oakhurst, CA · 2405 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.528km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 2401 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.219km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 2398 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.19km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2396 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2395 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2395 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2394 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2394 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.75km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2394 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.619km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 2389 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.819km S of Mariposa, CA · 2389 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.718km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 2387 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 1.919km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 2387 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.118km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 2386 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.810km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.711km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2382 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.16km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA · 2381 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.912km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.810km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2381 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.511km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2381 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 1.610km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.628km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2381 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.211km W of Squaw Valley, CA · 2378 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.95km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2375 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.75km SW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2375 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.612km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2369 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.920km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 2368 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
Before
- 2.114km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2425 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.924km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2425 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.210km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 2426 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.411km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 2426 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.014km E of North Fork, CA · 2436 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.85km WSW of Oakhurst, CA · 2438 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.17km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA · 2438 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.05km ESE of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2439 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.918km W of Los Banos, CA · 2439 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2440 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.518km SE of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA · 2441 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 2.08km WSW of Mariposa, CA · 2445 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.620km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.810km N of North Fork, CA · 2447 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2449 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73340920. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.