M1.5 earthquake 13km WNW of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13km WNW of Huron, CA on Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 4:20 PM PDT (23:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 6km NW 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-10 23:20:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.229° N, 120.245° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.39
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 278°, 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: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78km WNW of Huron, CA · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.69km SSE of Alpaugh, CA · 1879 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1878 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.912km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.510km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.210km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.69km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Stratford, CA · 1877 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.04km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.113km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.62km SSE of Parkfield, CA · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.410km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.016km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1874 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
- 1.97km NNE of Greenfield, CA · 1872 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1869 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.817km N of New Idria, CA · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.65km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.624km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1868 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.619km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1868 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.824km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1867 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.925km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1867 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.923km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.825km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1864 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.012km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.012km S of Home Garden, CA · 1863 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.11km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1863 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.720km SW of New Idria, CA · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1862 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.813km N of San Simeon, CA · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.88km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.06km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1860 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 265 · tsunami flag
- 1.711km WSW of Templeton, CA · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.19km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.58km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.723km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.08km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1849 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.99km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.815km SSE of New Idria, CA · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 29
- 1.88km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1846 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.35km SSE of Parkfield, CA · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.613km NW of Avenal, CA · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.823km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.07km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.813km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1843 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.122km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1842 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.52km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1840 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1839 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.816km N of New Idria, CA · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.017km NW of New Idria, CA · 1837 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 1.923km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 1881 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.810km SE of Home Garden, CA · 1881 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1882 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.720km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.923km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.33km SE of San Ardo, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.012km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1884 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.89km WNW of Templeton, CA · 1885 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1886 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1887 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.517km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.72km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.68km WNW of Greenfield, CA · 1888 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.320km SW of New Idria, CA · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.77km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1891 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73608511. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.