M1.6 earthquake 19km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 5:09 AM PST (13:09 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 11km NNW of Cholame, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-21 13:09:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.409° N, 120.990° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 40
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 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.622km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2509 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.53km NE of New Idria, CA · 2507 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 2507 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2506 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.110km W of South Dos Palos, CA · 2505 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.012km SSW of Lemoore Station, CA · 2505 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2505 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.721km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.012km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 2502 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2502 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2502 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.92km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2501 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.09km NE of Gilroy, CA · 2501 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.53km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.712km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 2499 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.722km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2498 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.68km W of San Ardo, CA · 2497 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2497 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.23km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2497 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.614km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2497 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2496 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.45km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2495 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 2.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2495 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.714km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2494 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.316km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.715km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2494 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.125km S of Lopez Point, CA · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.715km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2494 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.78km ENE of San Martin, CA · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
- 2.111km N of Cambria, CA · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.712km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2493 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.712km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2493 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 1.89km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.016km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2492 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 11
- 1.622km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2492 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.915km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2492 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.510km ESE of Coalinga, CA · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.13km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2491 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.95km WSW of Huron, CA · 2491 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2490 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.12km SSE of Ridgemark, CA · 2490 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.217km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2489 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2489 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2488 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.13km NE of New Idria, CA · 2487 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.41km NE of New Idria, CA · 2487 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2487 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.924km WSW of Coalinga, CA · 2486 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.223km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2486 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.17km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2484 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.79km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2484 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.311km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 706
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2483 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.512km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 2483 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2482 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.715km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2481 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.62km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2481 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 2.315km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2511 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.513km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2511 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.82km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.02km NE of New Idria, CA · 2511 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2513 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.33km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 1.96km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2515 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2516 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.72km SSW of Hollister, CA · 2516 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.72km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2516 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2517 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.56km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2517 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.47km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2518 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.32km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 1.919km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Coalinga, CA · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.716km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2518 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73306971. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:25 AM UTC.