M2.4 earthquake 12km NW of Parkfield, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 12km NW of Parkfield, CA on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 6:12 PM PDT (01:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 7km NNW of Cholame, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-13 01:12:42 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.972° N, 120.536° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1938 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.49km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1938 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1935 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 1.74km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.07km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.814km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.223km SW of New Idria, CA · 1930 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.725km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.912km W of Templeton, CA · 1929 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1928 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1925 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.86km ESE of San Lucas, CA · 1924 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.710km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.36km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.19km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1920 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 3.18km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1920 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 11
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1920 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.24km SW of Armona, CA · 1919 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1919 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.411km SSW of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1917 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.36km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.124km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1911 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.726km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1911 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.822km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1910 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1908 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.712km E of Coalinga, CA · 1906 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1904 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28km NW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1902 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.03km E of Lemoore, CA · 1901 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.97km WNW of Paso Robles, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.517km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1899 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511km WSW of Huron, CA · 1897 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.47km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 24
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.112km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1942 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.02km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.72km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 2.38km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1944 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1944 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.25km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1945 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.46km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1945 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73573506. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.