M1.7 earthquake 11km WSW of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11km WSW of Huron, CA on Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:31 AM PDT (08:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3km NE 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
- 2021-05-27 08:31:12 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.154° N, 120.212° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08km W of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.58km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.522km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1953 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.63km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1949 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 115
- 1.620km S of Kettleman City, CA · 1949 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.611km W of Templeton, CA · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.524km NW of New Idria, CA · 1947 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.28km W of Corcoran, CA · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.38km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 1.72km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.02km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.412km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1938 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1937 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.49km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1937 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1937 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1934 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
- 1.74km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.07km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.14km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.223km SW of New Idria, CA · 1929 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.912km W of Templeton, CA · 1928 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1927 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.86km ESE of San Lucas, CA · 1923 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.710km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.36km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1959 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.26km SSE of Riverdale, CA · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1961 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.923km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 1961 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.18km E of San Ardo, CA · 1962 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.04km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.618km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.611km WSW of Huron, CA · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 35
- 1.611km SW of King City, CA · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.16km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1966 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.715km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1967 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.63km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.625km S of Kettleman City, CA · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1971 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.53km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.86km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73565986. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.