M1.7 earthquake 13km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13km ESE of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 8:31 AM PDT (15:31 UTC), 9 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-08 15:31:12 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.469° N, 121.016° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2553 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.712km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2551 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.611km NW of Avenal, CA · 2550 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.63km E of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.919km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 18
- 1.83km SSW of Parkwood, CA · 2548 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 12
- 2.210km NNE of Cambria, CA · 2547 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.95km ESE of Huron, CA · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6,261
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 98
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 2.015km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.415km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 2.815km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.87km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.49km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 65
- 2.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 39
- 2.06km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2545 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 139
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.123km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.98km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2540 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.617km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of 168.
Before
- 2.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.07km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.722km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2554 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.711km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2554 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2555 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.98km ENE of San Martin, CA · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.120km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512km W of Huron, CA · 2555 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2556 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Huron, CA · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.53km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2557 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47km NNW of Biola, CA · 2558 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56km N of Biola, CA · 2558 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.96km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.510km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2559 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2560 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2560 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.66km N of Avenal, CA · 2560 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73288780. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.