M1.8 earthquake 9km SSE of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9km SSE of Huron, CA on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 1:33 AM PST (09:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-13 09:33:31 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.134° N, 120.052° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 272°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.910km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.03km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.511km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.710km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 16
- 1.810km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2078 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.410km W of Templeton, CA · 2077 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.723km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.05km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2072 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.024km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.220km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2069 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44km NE of Lemoore, CA · 2068 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.421km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.412km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2066 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.522km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2065 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.16km WSW of Shafter, CA · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.96km E of Huron, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.513km E of New Idria, CA · 2062 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
- 1.918km W of New Idria, CA · 2060 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.510km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.713km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 15
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2049 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.014km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.515km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.116km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.78km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.810km W of Huron, CA · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.517km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.79km E of Coalinga, CA · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.36km NNE of Avenal, CA · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.810km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2043 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.422km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.621km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2042 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.022km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.323km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2042 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.29km NE of Kettleman City, CA · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2037 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Huron, CA · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.122km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2034 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.823km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2033 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2032 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 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 · 51 km away
Before
- 1.712km SW of Huron, CA · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810km NE of Cayucos, CA · 2091 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.86km NNE of Lemoore, CA · 2093 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.723km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.62km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.94km SW of Avenal, CA · 2096 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2097 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.721km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.016km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2099 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.623km NNE of San Lucas, CA · 2103 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.79km W of Templeton, CA · 2103 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Shandon, CA · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.912km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.320km N of New Idria, CA · 2109 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.78km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 2110 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65km ENE of West Park, CA · 2112 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.923km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 1.68km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 2116 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73510395. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.