M1.7 earthquake 5km NNW of Aromas, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5km NNW of Aromas, CA on Sun, Sep 8, 2019, 7:11 PM PDT (02:11 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 17km SSE of Tres Pinos, 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
- 2019-09-09 02:11:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.930° N, 121.658° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.622km W of Los Banos, CA · 2583 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.55km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2582 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2580 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2580 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.415km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.39km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 28
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 3.810km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 89
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.210km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.412km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 2.89km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 1.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.911km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2577 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.48km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2577 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.39km NE of Hollister, CA · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.711km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2577 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.511km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2576 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2576 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2576 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.728km WNW of Bonny Doon, CA · 2575 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 2572 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 2.212km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2571 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.730km SW of Santa Cruz, CA · 2570 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2570 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.63km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2568 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 10
- 2.33km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2567 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 3.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2567 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2567 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2567 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2567 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.110km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.98km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.610km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.58km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2565 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.63km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2565 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.54km N of Dublin, CA · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.34km N of Dublin, CA · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 17
- 2.04km NNE of Dublin, CA · 2563 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64km N of Dublin, CA · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.04km N of Dublin, CA · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 2.34km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2585 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912km ENE of Milpitas, CA · 2586 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.130km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2586 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2586 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.023km W of Los Banos, CA · 2586 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.98km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2588 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.711km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2589 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2590 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.92km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.813km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2591 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.58km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 2591 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2593 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.010km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2593 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73267805. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.