M1.7 earthquake 12km SW of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12km SW of Huron, CA on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 10:23 AM PST (18:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 6km NNW of Pinnacles, 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
- 2021-01-11 18:23:20 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.141° N, 120.210° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 27
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 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.89km SSE of Huron, CA · 2090 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.910km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.03km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2085 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.216km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.511km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2082 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.710km W of Templeton, CA · 2082 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 16
- 1.810km W of Templeton, CA · 2082 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.910km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2079 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.410km W of Templeton, CA · 2078 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.723km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.92km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2074 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.05km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2073 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.618km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.024km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.220km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2070 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44km NE of Lemoore, CA · 2069 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.421km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.412km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.522km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2066 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2066 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96km E of Huron, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.26km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.513km E of New Idria, CA · 2063 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 8
- 1.918km W of New Idria, CA · 2061 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2060 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.06km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.510km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.58km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.713km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 15
- 1.612km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2054 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2050 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2049 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.014km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.515km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.116km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.78km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.810km W of Huron, CA · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.517km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.36km NNE of Avenal, CA · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.57km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 1.810km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2044 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.810km NE of Cayucos, CA · 2092 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.12km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2092 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.86km NNE of Lemoore, CA · 2094 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.723km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.62km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.020km N of San Simeon, CA · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2097 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.94km SW of Avenal, CA · 2097 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.721km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.713km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
- 2.016km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2100 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.623km NNE of San Lucas, CA · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.79km W of Templeton, CA · 2104 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Shandon, CA · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.912km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.17km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.320km N of New Idria, CA · 2110 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.78km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 2111 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73509745. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.