M2.4 earthquake 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Nov 3, 2019, 8:45 PM PST (04:45 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 10km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-04 04:45:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.597° N, 121.202° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.216km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2525 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 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 · 88 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 · 2524 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.314km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.914km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2523 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2520 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.618km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.14km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.34km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.33km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.73km NE of New Idria, CA · 2519 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.03km NE of New Idria, CA · 2518 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.919km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.32km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 2.47km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2517 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2517 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.66km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2517 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.72km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2516 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.72km SSW of Hollister, CA · 2516 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2516 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2515 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.33km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2513 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.89km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2512 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.02km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.513km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2511 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.315km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2511 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.619km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2510 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.622km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2509 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.015km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2508 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53km NE of New Idria, CA · 2507 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 2507 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2506 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.110km W of South Dos Palos, CA · 2505 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2505 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2501 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2501 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.92km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2501 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.09km NE of Gilroy, CA · 2501 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.73km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2499 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2498 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.68km W of San Ardo, CA · 2497 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 1.622km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.025km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 2527 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.124km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.919km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.618km S of New Idria, CA · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.515km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.822km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2530 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.623km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.12km NE of New Idria, CA · 2531 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2531 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.18km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2532 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.019km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2532 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.823km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73300545. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC.