M2.2 earthquake 12km SSE of Huron, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 12km SSE of Huron, CA on Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 7:42 PM PDT (02:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4km ESE of New Idria, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-06 02:42:52 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.104° N, 120.050° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.625km E of San Ardo, CA · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.612km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2371 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2370 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.44km ESE of New Idria, CA · 2369 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2368 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2368 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.223km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2367 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.823km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2367 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.124km S of New Idria, CA · 2365 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.811km WSW of Templeton, CA · 2363 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Templeton, CA · 2363 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.731 km W of Wasco, CA · 2363 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.79km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2363 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2362 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.210km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.410km WSW of Huron, CA · 2360 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.07km SE of New Idria, CA · 2360 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.610km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.59km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.78km E of Avenal, CA · 2358 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.924km NW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2356 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.98km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2353 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.99km SE of Huron, CA · 2353 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.910km E of Huron, CA · 2352 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.86km SW of Huron, CA · 2348 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.44km WSW of McFarland, CA · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.533km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57km W of Templeton, CA · 2344 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.819km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.414km SW of New Idria, CA · 2343 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2342 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.316km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.323km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2341 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.929km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2340 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.728km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2339 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.426km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2339 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.021km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2339 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.710km SSW of Huron, CA · 2338 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.88km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.016km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2338 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.628km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2338 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2337 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65km N of Avenal, CA · 2334 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2333 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.216km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2332 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2332 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.99km SSE of Huron, CA · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.518km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.423km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2330 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.723km NNW of Simmler, CA · 2329 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67km SW of Templeton, CA · 2327 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.621km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2324 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2324 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.515km N of Cayucos, CA · 2321 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.819km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2320 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.328km NE of Simmler, CA · 2319 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.228km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2319 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.824km E of San Ardo, CA · 2375 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.48km SE of Home Garden, CA · 2376 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.53km N of Cholame, CA · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.211km W of Squaw Valley, CA · 2379 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.720km S of Cantua Creek, CA · 2380 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km E of Coalinga, CA · 2380 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.14km SW of San Ardo, CA · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613km NW of Avenal, CA · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.624km NE of King City, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 2384 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.46km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 2385 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.77km W of Templeton, CA · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.26km SE of Parkfield, CA · 2389 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.96km SE of Parkfield, CA · 2389 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.922km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2389 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.611km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2389 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.016km SW of New Idria, CA · 2389 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.812km S of Kettleman City, CA · 2391 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.50km WNW of Avenal, CA · 2393 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.511km SW of Huron, CA · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73364575. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.