M2.4 earthquake 9km WSW of Corcoran, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 9km WSW of Corcoran, CA on Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:31 AM PDT (16:31 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 7km NNW of Cholame, 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
- 2021-06-15 16:31:46 UTC
- Depth
- 16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.078° N, 119.653° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1928 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.36km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.19km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1919 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 3.18km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
- 2.24km SW of Armona, CA · 1918 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.712km E of Coalinga, CA · 1905 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.28km NW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1901 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.03km E of Lemoore, CA · 1900 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1899 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511km WSW of Huron, CA · 1896 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.47km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 24
- 2.319km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1893 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.815km NE of Taft, CA · 1892 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.515km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1892 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.120km S of Auberry, CA · 1891 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.77km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 1.720km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.810km SE of Home Garden, CA · 1881 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Huron, CA · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Huron, CA · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.69km SSE of Alpaugh, CA · 1879 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.912km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Stratford, CA · 1877 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1938 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.412km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.38km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.28km W of Corcoran, CA · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.719km E of McFarland, CA · 1947 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.620km S of Kettleman City, CA · 1949 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.58km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.08km W of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58km WSW of Shafter, CA · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.110km SSW of Rosedale, CA · 1956 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 90
- 1.711km WSW of Huron, CA · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.26km SSE of Riverdale, CA · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1961 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73577250. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:08 AM UTC.