M2.4 earthquake 10km WSW of Huron, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10km WSW of Huron, CA on Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 12:59 AM PDT (07:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 16km NW of Parkfield, 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
- 2020-04-19 07:59:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.153° N, 120.199° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.07km SE of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.610km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2358 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.59km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2358 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.78km E of Avenal, CA · 2357 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.924km NW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2355 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.612km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.98km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.99km SE of Huron, CA · 2352 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.910km E of Huron, CA · 2351 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.86km SW of Huron, CA · 2347 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.44km WSW of McFarland, CA · 2346 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.533km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2345 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2344 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.57km W of Templeton, CA · 2343 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.819km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.414km SW of New Idria, CA · 2342 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2341 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.316km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.323km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2340 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.929km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2339 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.728km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2338 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.426km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2338 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.021km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2338 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.710km SSW of Huron, CA · 2338 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.88km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2337 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.016km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2337 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.628km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2337 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65km N of Avenal, CA · 2333 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2333 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.216km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.99km SSE of Huron, CA · 2330 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.518km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2330 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2330 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.423km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.723km NNW of Simmler, CA · 2328 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2326 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2326 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2326 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.67km SW of Templeton, CA · 2326 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2324 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.36km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2324 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2323 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2323 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.68km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2322 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.75km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2320 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.515km N of Cayucos, CA · 2320 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.819km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2319 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.328km NE of Simmler, CA · 2318 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.228km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2318 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.428km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2318 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 1.513km NNE of Cambria, CA · 2360 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.210km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2360 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2361 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.84km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2361 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.06km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.79km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2362 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.731 km W of Wasco, CA · 2362 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Templeton, CA · 2362 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.811km WSW of Templeton, CA · 2362 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.124km S of New Idria, CA · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.68km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2364 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2366 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.823km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.223km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2367 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2367 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.44km ESE of New Idria, CA · 2368 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2369 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2369 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.612km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2370 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73373030. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.