M1.6 earthquake 9km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 2:24 AM PDT (09:24 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-23 09:24:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.600° N, 121.093° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610km NW of Avenal, CA · 2600 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.53km E of Aromas, CA · 2600 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2600 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.02km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2599 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.913km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2598 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.725km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2597 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.96km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2597 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.64km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2597 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.87km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.919km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2594 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2593 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2593 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.623km E of San Ardo, CA · 2592 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.011km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.813km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2591 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.67km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2591 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.92km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.923km NW of San Simeon, CA · 2590 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2590 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.711km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2589 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.311km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2589 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2588 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.023km W of Los Banos, CA · 2586 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2586 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.130km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2586 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.613km SW of Huron, CA · 2585 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.34km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2583 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km NNW of Aromas, CA · 2583 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Huron, CA · 2583 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.615km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2583 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.36km W of Madera, CA · 2583 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 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 · 59 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2580 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.523km E of San Ardo, CA · 2580 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2579 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.415km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.39km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 28
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 3.810km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 89
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.210km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 1.58km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.029km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2602 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2603 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.522km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16km W of San Ardo, CA · 2605 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.513km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2605 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2607 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2608 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.920km S of Cantua Creek, CA · 2608 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.320km N of Coalinga, CA · 2608 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2609 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.723km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2609 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2609 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.010km NW of Avenal, CA · 2611 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2612 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.98km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2612 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73256835. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.