M2.5 earthquake 4km ESE of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4km ESE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 8:34 AM PST (16:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 12km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.53	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.216 · 61 stations
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.071 · 26 stations

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 151.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73322801 (also filed as us70006tmf). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.