M2.4 earthquake 18 km NW of Parkfield, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Parkfield, CA on Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 10:51 AM PST (18:51 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 8 km W of Templeton, 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
- 2025-12-07 18:51:19 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.015° N, 120.572° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.518 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 301 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.218 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 301 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.610 km W of Templeton, CA · 301 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.412 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 301 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Kettleman City, CA · 301 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 301 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.07 km W of Templeton, CA · 300 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.98 km W of Templeton, CA · 300 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 300 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.110 km W of Templeton, CA · 300 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.03 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 300 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.17 km W of Templeton, CA · 299 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 2.613 km NE of Kettleman City, CA · 299 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 299 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 298 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.923 km S of Lopez Point, CA · 298 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.816 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 298 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.58 km W of Templeton, CA · 297 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 297 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 297 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.58 km W of Templeton, CA · 296 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 263
- 2.35 km NNE of Pismo Beach, CA · 294 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 25
- 1.815 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 292 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 291 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.320 km NE of San Lucas, CA · 289 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
- 2.311 km SSW of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 288 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Stratford, CA · 287 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.83 km N of Pinnacles, CA · 287 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.316 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 286 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
- 1.78 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 286 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 285 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 285 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.87 km W of Templeton, CA · 283 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 33
- 1.710 km NNW of Lemoore Station, CA · 283 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.19 km S of Lanare, CA · 283 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.210 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 282 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 282 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.510 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 282 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.318 km NNW of New Idria, CA · 281 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 280 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.614 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 276 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 275 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.721 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 273 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.110 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 273 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Huron, CA · 272 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 271 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.31 km E of Huron, CA · 271 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 266 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Atascadero, CA · 266 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 266 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 266 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Atascadero, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.713 km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km N of Cholame, CA · 264 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 263 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.924 km E of San Ardo, CA · 263 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 2.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 301 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.09 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 302 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of San Ardo, CA · 303 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.920 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 304 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.97 km W of Templeton, CA · 304 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.621 km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 305 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.03 km ENE of Cholame, CA · 306 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.112 km NE of Coalinga, CA · 306 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 307 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Parkfield, CA · 308 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.03 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 308 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km W of Huron, CA · 309 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km W of Templeton, CA · 309 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.412 km N of Coalinga, CA · 309 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 311 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 313 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.927 km S of Lopez Point, CA · 314 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.512 km W of Huron, CA · 314 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.412 km W of Huron, CA · 314 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.912 km N of Coalinga, CA · 314 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75275921. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC.