M1.9 earthquake 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA on Tue, May 25, 2021, 11:14 PM PDT (06:14 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-26 06:14:44 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.841° N, 121.451° 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, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1954 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1954 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1953 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.522km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1952 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.013km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1950 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.612km SSE of Cambria, CA · 1950 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.63km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1948 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 115
- 1.69km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1948 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.611km W of Templeton, CA · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.524km NW of New Idria, CA · 1946 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.46km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1944 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.25km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1944 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1943 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 1.72km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.02km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.112km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.615km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.412km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1936 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.013km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 1.713km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 1.74km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.814km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.14km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.223km SW of New Idria, CA · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.725km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.912km W of Templeton, CA · 1928 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1927 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 1.811km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1960 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.18km E of San Ardo, CA · 1961 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.516km NNE of Lopez Point, CA · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.04km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.611km SW of King City, CA · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.811km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1965 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.16km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1965 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.715km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1966 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1967 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1967 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.63km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.94km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.915km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1971 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1973 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1973 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
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