M1.6 earthquake 22km ESE of Point Sur, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22km ESE of Point Sur, CA on Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 2:27 PM PDT (21:27 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 10km NNW of Pinnacles, 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
- 2019-07-18 21:27:27 UTC
- Depth
- 12.3 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.204° N, 121.694° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.29km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2633 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Point Sur, CA · 2633 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.615km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2632 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.517km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2632 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.71km E of Hollister, CA · 2632 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.86km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2631 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 81
- 1.912km ESE of Lopez Point, CA · 2631 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.615km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2630 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.66km E of Aromas, CA · 2628 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.114km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2628 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.517km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2628 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2627 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.711km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2627 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 45
- 2.910km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2627 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 19
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2627 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.116km SSE of New Idria, CA · 2626 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.811km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2626 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.211km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2626 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2626 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 2625 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2624 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2623 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.49km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2623 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2622 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.91km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2620 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 23
- 1.613km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2620 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.222km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2619 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km NNW of Aromas, CA · 2618 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2618 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.02km NNE of Del Monte Forest, CA · 2618 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.57km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2616 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2614 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2612 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2612 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2612 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2609 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.723km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2609 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2609 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.622km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2608 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.513km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2605 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16km W of San Ardo, CA · 2605 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2605 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.522km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2604 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.611km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.029km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2602 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.69km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53km E of Aromas, CA · 2600 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2600 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2600 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.02km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2599 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.913km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2598 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.725km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2598 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.96km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2598 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.64km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2597 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.83km SSE of San Ardo, CA · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 2.14km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2637 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.313km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2640 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2640 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.520km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2641 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.522km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2642 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2642 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2644 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2644 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2645 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2646 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.96km S of Gilroy, CA · 2646 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.411km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2647 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.04km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2647 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2648 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.08km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2648 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.616km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2649 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.58km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2649 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2650 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.623km SW of New Idria, CA · 2651 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.913km NW of New Idria, CA · 2652 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73228021. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.