California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6km SSW of Gilroy, CA

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6km SSW of Gilroy, CA on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 6:32 AM PDT (13:32 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 14km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2019-10-16 13:32:10 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.960° N, 121.591° W
Felt reports
39
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

39 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
22°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.06km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.72km NE of Union City, CA · 2545 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 139
  5. 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.95km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.56km SSE of Byron, CA · 2544 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.73km W of Cupertino, CA · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 504
  13. 1.66km WNW of Dublin, CA · 2542 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.74km N of Dublin, CA · 2542 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 56
  15. 1.74km NNE of Dublin, CA · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.98km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2540 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.617km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
  30. 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 3.323km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 26
  34. 2.024km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2534 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.314km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 3.414km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 30
  40. 3.115km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 11
  41. 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 3.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 382 · tsunami flag
  43. 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.18km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2532 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.623km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.08km ENE of Alum Rock, CA · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  49. 1.822km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2530 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.515km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.84km W of Dublin, CA · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.919km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 1.68km E of Sunol, CA · 2528 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.49km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  59. 2.214km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.614km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 3.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 65
  2. 2.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.815km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.415km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.015km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  11. 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  12. 2.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 98
  13. 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6,261
  15. 2.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
  16. 2.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2549 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10
  17. 2.919km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2549 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 18
  18. 1.63km E of Morgan Hill, CA · 2549 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.911km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2552 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73292955. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.