M2.2 earthquake 8km SSE of Gilroy, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8km SSE of Gilroy, CA on Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 9:02 AM PDT (16:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 16km NW 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
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-04 16:02:49 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.940° N, 121.550° 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
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.53km WSW of Hollister, CA · 2375 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.65km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.82km ENE of Aromas, CA · 2372 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 61
- 1.98km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.09km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 48
- 2.17km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2371 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.63km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2370 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.71km E of Fremont, CA · 2370 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2370 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.914km SW of Santa Cruz, CA · 2369 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2368 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2366 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.211km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2366 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.81km S of San Ramon, CA · 2365 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.68km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2365 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 1.92km NE of Hollister, CA · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.525km NE of Hollister, CA · 2362 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.06km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.84km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2362 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.413km NNW of Point Sur, CA · 2361 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.59km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.34km ESE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.98km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2356 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Dublin, CA · 2356 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.623km E of Point Sur, CA · 2355 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 2353 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2353 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.54km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2352 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.519km SSE of Livermore, CA · 2351 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2349 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.92km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2349 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Fairview, CA · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.013km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2346 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.533km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.815km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2345 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2345 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.98km ESE of Prunedale, CA · 2345 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2344 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.414km SW of New Idria, CA · 2343 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.88km ESE of Blackhawk, CA · 2341 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.07km SE of Blackhawk, CA · 2341 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 1.913km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 2341 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.312km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2339 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.426km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2339 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73km SW of Lexington Hills, CA · 2339 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.021km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2338 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2337 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2336 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.07km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2333 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 2.110km SE of Livermore, CA · 2375 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.012km SW of Byron, CA · 2377 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km ENE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2377 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.913km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.210km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.830km SW of Bonny Doon, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.72km ESE of Woodside, CA · 2382 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.624km NE of King City, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.628km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2382 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2382 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.511km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2382 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 1.810km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.912km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.416km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 2384 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2384 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73363740. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.