M2.3 earthquake 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6km NNE of Avenal, CA on Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 5:36 AM PST (13:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 23km S of South Dos Palos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-25 13:36:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.059° N, 120.102° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 1.810km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2043 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.422km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.621km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2042 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.022km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.323km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2042 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.29km NE of Kettleman City, CA · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2037 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Huron, CA · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.122km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2034 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.823km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2033 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2032 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.510km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.410km SW of Tranquillity, CA · 2027 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.413km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2027 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km SW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2026 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.624km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2026 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.74km NW of New Idria, CA · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.06km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.317km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.712km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 1.612km ENE of Cambria, CA · 2020 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.727km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2020 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.126km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.919km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.814km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 2018 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.712km SW of Huron, CA · 2017 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.57km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2016 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.921km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2014 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.123km NE of King City, CA · 2013 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2013 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.52km SE of San Ardo, CA · 2012 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.17km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 2011 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.324km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.77km SSW of Atascadero, CA · 2009 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 2008 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.212km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2007 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.612km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2007 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.77km W of Madera, CA · 2006 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.323km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2005 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.923km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76km SW of San Ardo, CA · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Greenfield, CA · 2000 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1999 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1998 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1998 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.512km E of Coalinga, CA · 1993 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.910km ENE of Biola, CA · 1991 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.123km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 1990 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.612km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 1.79km E of Coalinga, CA · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.517km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.810km W of Huron, CA · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.78km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.116km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.515km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.014km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2049 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.713km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
- 2.510km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918km W of New Idria, CA · 2060 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.513km E of New Idria, CA · 2062 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km E of Huron, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73527726. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.