M1.9 earthquake 8km E of Sanger, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8km E of Sanger, CA on Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:50 AM PDT (11:50 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 11km WSW of Huron, 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
- 2021-04-25 11:50:17 UTC
- Depth
- 32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.711° N, 119.466° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.115km SSE of Cantua Creek, CA · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69km NW of Avenal, CA · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.713km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.530km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1981 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1981 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.830km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.730km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.629km ENE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.52km N of Armona, CA · 1979 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.730km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1978 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.16km SW of Woodville, CA · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.614km SW of Bootjack, CA · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.68km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1978 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81km SW of Kettleman City, CA · 1978 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.729km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.420km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 2.06km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1972 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.48km ENE of North Fork, CA · 1968 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.221km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1967 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.94km N of Shaver Lake, CA · 1967 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.611km WSW of Huron, CA · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 35
- 1.618km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.06km SW of North Fork, CA · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Ahwahnee, CA · 1963 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.26km SSE of Riverdale, CA · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Huron, CA · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.08km W of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.58km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1955 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.619km WSW of Round Valley, CA · 1952 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.529km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1948 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.722km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.529km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1947 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.129km ENE of Oakhurst, CA · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.28km W of Corcoran, CA · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.38km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1942 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.91km SW of Mariposa, CA · 1940 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.118km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1938 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.49km WSW of Corcoran, CA · 1937 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.57km NW of Avenal, CA · 1988 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.612km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.613km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.910km ENE of Biola, CA · 1992 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.512km E of Coalinga, CA · 1994 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.918km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2003 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.79km NNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2005 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Oakhurst, CA · 2007 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.67km E of North Fork, CA · 2007 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77km W of Madera, CA · 2007 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.612km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.212km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.76km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.17km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 2012 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.322km SW of Big Pine, CA · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73554355. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.