M1.7 earthquake 22km ENE of San Ardo, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22km ENE of San Ardo, CA on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 2:01 AM PST (10:01 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 22km SSE of Lopez Point, 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
- 2021-01-30 10:01:01 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.102° N, 120.682° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.32
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.618km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2071 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.024km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.220km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2069 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.415km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.44km NE of Lemoore, CA · 2068 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.616km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.421km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.412km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2066 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.522km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2066 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2065 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2065 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.29km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2065 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.96km E of Huron, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.26km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.813km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2062 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.113km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.513km E of New Idria, CA · 2062 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 1.918km W of New Idria, CA · 2060 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.06km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.510km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.58km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.713km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 15
- 1.612km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2054 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.919km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.01km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.72km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2049 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.013km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2049 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2049 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.014km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.515km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.116km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2047 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.78km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.810km W of Huron, CA · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.517km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.79km E of Coalinga, CA · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.99km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2046 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 1.611km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2046 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.36km NNE of Avenal, CA · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.57km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 1.53km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.722km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
- 3.022km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 1.810km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2043 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.222km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2043 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 128.
Before
- 1.616km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.05km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.210km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.92km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2074 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2075 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.616km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2075 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.723km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.410km W of Templeton, CA · 2077 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.913km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 2077 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2078 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.810km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 16
- 1.613km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.213km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.511km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.216km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2083 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.68km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73518485. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.