M1.7 earthquake 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 3:28 AM PDT (10:28 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 14km S 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
- 2019-10-20 10:28:26 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.593° N, 121.201° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
- 2.115km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.123km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2541 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.98km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2540 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2540 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.515km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.617km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 8
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2536 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.524km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 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 · 37 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2534 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2534 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.314km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.414km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 30
- 3.115km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 11
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 382 · tsunami flag
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 2.019km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2532 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.18km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2532 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.12km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.623km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 1.822km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2530 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.515km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.618km S of New Idria, CA · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.919km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.124km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 2528 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 2.025km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 2527 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.622km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.49km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.214km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.614km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.66km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2526 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.216km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2525 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.723km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2525 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.117km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 2525 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.114km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2525 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.510km N of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.610km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 1.714km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2525 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 2.524km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 1.95km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2544 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2544 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 139
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2546 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.06km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 39
- 3.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 65
- 2.49km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.87km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2546 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2546 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2546 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73294375. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC.