M1.6 earthquake 8km SSE of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8km SSE of Huron, CA on Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 2:32 AM PDT (09:32 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 7km NW of Parkfield, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-30 09:32:01 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.136° N, 120.086° 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, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.311km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.312km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.60km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 1788 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
- 1.622km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 1783 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.725km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1781 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1777 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1776 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.716km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1775 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.810km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.512km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1775 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.824km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.912km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 1767 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.710km NNE of New Idria, CA · 1760 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1755 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Avenal, CA · 1754 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.714km SSW of Avenal, CA · 1753 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.521km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1753 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Corcoran, CA · 1752 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.36km NE of Orange Cove, CA · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.712km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.24km WSW of Paso Robles, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 10
- 2.114km N of Coalinga, CA · 1748 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.511km N of Avenal, CA · 1745 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.211km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 1745 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.217km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.016km N of New Idria, CA · 1742 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.34km SSW of Armona, CA · 1741 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 1.728km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.38km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.79km ENE of East Orosi, CA · 1800 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.822km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.24km ESE of Cholame, CA · 1800 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km N of Stratford, CA · 1802 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.15km NE of New Idria, CA · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.77km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1809 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1810 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.413km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km SSW of Huron, CA · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.47km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 24
- 2.88km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.313km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1813 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.124km NE of King City, CA · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.822km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.78km SW of Atascadero, CA · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73646530. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.