M1.6 earthquake 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 8:32 AM PDT (15:32 UTC), 2 km (1 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
- 2019-08-28 15:32:50 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.604° N, 121.202° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.919km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2594 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2593 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2593 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.623km E of San Ardo, CA · 2592 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.011km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.813km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2591 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.67km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2591 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.92km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2591 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.923km NW of San Simeon, CA · 2590 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2590 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.711km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2589 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.311km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2589 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2588 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 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 · 8 km away
- 2.130km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2586 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.85km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.34km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2584 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km NNW of Aromas, CA · 2583 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.615km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2583 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 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 · 52 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2580 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.523km E of San Ardo, CA · 2580 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2580 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.415km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.39km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 28
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.810km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 89
- 1.78km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.210km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.412km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
- 2.89km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 1.59km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.911km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2579 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2577 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.48km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2577 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.39km NE of Hollister, CA · 2577 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.511km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2576 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 3.019km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2576 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.516km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2576 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2575 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2573 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 15
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.87km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2595 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.83km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2597 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.64km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.96km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2597 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.725km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2598 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.913km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2598 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.02km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2599 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2600 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.53km E of Aromas, CA · 2600 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.58km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.029km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2602 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2603 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.611km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73260845. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.