M2.8 earthquake 16km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 6:10 AM PDT (13:10 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
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-08 13:10:53 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.640° N, 121.260° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.38km ENE of Alum Rock, CA · 2553 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 830
- 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2551 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.911km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.63km E of Morgan Hill, CA · 2549 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.919km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 18
- 2.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 12
- 4.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6,261
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 98
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 2.015km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.415km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 2.815km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.610km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.49km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 65
- 2.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 39
- 2.06km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2546 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 139
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.123km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2540 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.617km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.323km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 26
- 2.024km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 2.07km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.722km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2554 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.711km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2554 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2555 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98km ENE of San Martin, CA · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.120km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2556 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2556 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.53km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2558 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.96km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.510km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2560 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.43km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2561 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.012km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2562 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
- 2.813km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 10
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.119km S of Lopez Point, CA · 2563 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73288720. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC.