M1.7 earthquake 7km NE of Coalinga, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7km NE of Coalinga, CA on Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 9:51 PM PDT (04:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 7km 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-21 04:51:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.185° N, 120.308° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km NE of New Idria, CA · 1805 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.67km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.817km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.218km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.020km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.618km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1803 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.07km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.15km N of Stratford, CA · 1801 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.24km ESE of Cholame, CA · 1800 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.822km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.38km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.68km SSE of Huron, CA · 1799 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.619km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1799 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.32km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1798 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.311km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.620km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.312km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710km N of San Simeon, CA · 1789 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.60km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 1788 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.315km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1787 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1784 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 12
- 1.622km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 1782 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.725km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1780 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1779 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.56km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1778 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1777 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.33km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.03km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.03km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1776 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.518km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.118km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1775 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.618km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1775 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1775 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.720km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1810 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.27km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1810 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.413km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km SSW of Huron, CA · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.47km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 24
- 2.88km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.26km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.313km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1813 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.124km NE of King City, CA · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1814 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.610km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.822km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.76km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1816 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78km SW of Atascadero, CA · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.99km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 1822 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1822 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73642230. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC.