M2.2 earthquake 3km ESE of Aromas, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 3km ESE of Aromas, CA on Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 9:32 PM PDT (04:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4km S of San Juan Bautista, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-16 04:32:00 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.876° N, 121.612° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.516km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.06km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2178 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.713km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.42km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.713km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.76km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.17km ENE of Aromas, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.26km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 1.623km SW of New Idria, CA · 2175 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.615km S of Half Moon Bay, CA · 2175 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Hollister, CA · 2175 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.96km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.211km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2173 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.62km NNE of Aromas, CA · 2172 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.814km NE of Hollister, CA · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.711km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2171 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.76km NNE of Corralitos, CA · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.616km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2169 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.820km E of Point Sur, CA · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.311km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2168 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 25
- 2.23km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2167 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.87km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2167 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2167 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.99km NE of San Martin, CA · 2166 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.72km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2165 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.822km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2163 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.16km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2163 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67km S of Gilroy, CA · 2162 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.17km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.05km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2160 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2159 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.98km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2157 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2156 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2156 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.715km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2156 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 2.132km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2155 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.513km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 2154 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.630km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2154 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.14km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2154 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2153 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.95km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 2153 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 14
- 3.34km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2153 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 293
- 3.05km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 41
- 1.84km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.86km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 22
- 1.77km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2150 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.116km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2149 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.32km ESE of Pleasanton, CA · 2147 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.88km SSW of Loyola, CA · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.57km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2180 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 34
- 1.73km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 3.52km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2181 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2181 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2181 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.510km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2182 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 2.77km N of Boulder Creek, CA · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 201
- 1.711km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.210km NE of Milpitas, CA · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2184 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2186 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.27km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2186 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
- 1.67km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73471311. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.