M2.5 earthquake 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 3:19 AM PDT (10:19 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-15 10:19:43 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.566° N, 121.154° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6,261
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2547 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 98
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
- 2.015km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.415km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 6
- 2.815km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 2.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.610km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.87km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.49km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 65
- 2.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 39
- 2.06km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2546 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 139
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 6
- 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.123km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2540 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.617km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.323km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 26
- 2.024km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2534 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.314km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.414km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 30
- 3.115km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 11
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 382 · tsunami flag
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 2.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 2.919km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2548 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 18
- 1.63km E of Morgan Hill, CA · 2549 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2550 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.911km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2552 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.816km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 2.07km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2554 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.722km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2554 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.711km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2554 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2555 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.98km ENE of San Martin, CA · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.120km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2556 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.512km W of Huron, CA · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.619km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2556 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Huron, CA · 2556 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73292185. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.