M1.5 earthquake 13km SW of Huron, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13km SW of Huron, CA on Fri, Jan 28, 2022, 9:44 PM PST (05:44 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 8km NE of San Simeon, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-29 05:44:34 UTC
- Depth
- 8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.113° N, 120.197° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.35
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1708 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.07km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
- 2.88km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.616km NW of New Idria, CA · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1707 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1706 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.93km SW of Huron, CA · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1706 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1705 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.512km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1704 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1703 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1699 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.325km E of San Ardo, CA · 1698 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.725km E of San Ardo, CA · 1698 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.25km NW of Avenal, CA · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.618km WNW of Coalinga, CA · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.724km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1696 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.017km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1693 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.632km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1693 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1692 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.311km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 1692 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1691 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.98km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1691 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 2.08km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.022km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.38km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 2.317km SW of Corcoran, CA · 1690 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1688 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1688 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1685 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.610km SW of Templeton, CA · 1682 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.89km SSE of Huron, CA · 1681 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.58km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1681 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.18km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1678 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.28km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1676 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.73km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712km N of Huron, CA · 1675 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.54km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.03km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.811km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.711km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1674 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.512km N of New Idria, CA · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 3.22km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1673 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 21
- 1.88km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614km SSE of Avenal, CA · 1672 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.622km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1671 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.35km E of San Ardo, CA · 1671 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1671 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.821km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1671 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.622km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1671 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.821km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1671 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.012km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1669 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1669 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 1.86km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.534km S of Kettleman City, CA · 1710 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.933km NNE of Simmler, CA · 1710 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Fresno, CA · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.310km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.67km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.011km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.212km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 1714 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 1.55km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.918km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.921km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.822km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.025km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 1718 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73685166. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.