M2.4 earthquake 10km W of Templeton, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10km W of Templeton, CA on Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 2:38 AM PST (10:38 UTC), 4 km (3 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
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-25 10:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.554° N, 120.810° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2073 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.024km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.220km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2070 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.935km SW of Avila Beach, CA · 2069 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.421km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.522km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2066 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.96km E of Huron, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.918km W of New Idria, CA · 2061 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.713km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 15
- 1.919km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2049 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.014km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.617km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.515km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.116km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.78km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.810km W of Huron, CA · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.517km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.79km E of Coalinga, CA · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.36km NNE of Avenal, CA · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.722km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
- 3.022km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 1.810km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2044 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.222km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2044 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 2.922km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.621km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2043 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.022km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.96km SW of San Luis Obispo, CA · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.29km NE of Kettleman City, CA · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2037 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Santa Maria, CA · 2037 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Huron, CA · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.622km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74km NW of New Idria, CA · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.06km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.317km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2022 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.712km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2021 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 1.612km ENE of Cambria, CA · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.919km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.814km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 2019 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.712km SW of Huron, CA · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2079 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.810km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710km W of Templeton, CA · 2081 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 16
- 1.68km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.613km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.03km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.89km SSE of Huron, CA · 2090 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.712km SW of Huron, CA · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810km NE of Cayucos, CA · 2092 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.723km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.62km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.020km N of San Simeon, CA · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.94km SW of Avenal, CA · 2097 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.721km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.713km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
- 2.016km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2100 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.623km NNE of San Lucas, CA · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73516235. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.