M2.0 earthquake 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 3:43 PM PST (23:43 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 10km NNE of New Idria, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-12 23:43:10 UTC
- Depth
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.434° N, 121.004° 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
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.516km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2458 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.23km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 131
- 1.64km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.311km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.610km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 2457 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.99km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2457 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.221km NW of San Simeon, CA · 2457 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.013km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Huron, CA · 2456 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.215km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2456 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.18km SW of Huron, CA · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.113km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2454 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.311km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.59km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2453 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.18km WSW of Huron, CA · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.220km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2452 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2452 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.010km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2452 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2452 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.210km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2451 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2451 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.213km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2451 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
- 2.014km SSE of Cantua Creek, CA · 2449 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2448 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.72km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2448 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 1.710km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2448 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.610km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.318km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2447 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.515km NW of New Idria, CA · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.315km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2446 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.719km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 2446 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.615km NW of New Idria, CA · 2445 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.616km NW of New Idria, CA · 2445 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2445 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.617km NW of New Idria, CA · 2444 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.517km NW of New Idria, CA · 2444 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.15km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2444 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910km W of Templeton, CA · 2443 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 11
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2443 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2443 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.824km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.86km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.59km SSW of San Ardo, CA · 2441 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.35km NNW of Aromas, CA · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 1.918km W of Los Banos, CA · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.112km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.715km NW of New Idria, CA · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2440 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.410km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2440 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.89km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2440 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2440 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 1.59km ENE of San Martin, CA · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.612km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2437 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.912km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2437 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.812km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2437 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.611km WNW of Templeton, CA · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2436 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.619km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2434 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 1.93km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.63km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.910km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2458 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.921km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2459 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.924km E of San Ardo, CA · 2459 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.416km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 2460 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2460 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.811km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2461 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.83km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2461 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.63km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.75km S of Gilroy, CA · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 59
- 1.96km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2462 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km NNW of Cholame, CA · 2463 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.93km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2463 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 16
- 3.04km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2463 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 58
- 2.84km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 1.915km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.43km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2464 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
- 1.97km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73326836. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.