M2.4 earthquake 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 9:26 AM PDT (16:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4km ESE 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
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-09 16:26:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.602° N, 121.206° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.316km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.715km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2400 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2400 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2399 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2399 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.82km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2399 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.621km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2399 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.024km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.620km W of New Idria, CA · 2396 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.913km NE of New Idria, CA · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.115km SSE of Cantua Creek, CA · 2395 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.612km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2393 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 31
- 2.15km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.15km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2392 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.515km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2392 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.712km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016km SW of New Idria, CA · 2389 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.611km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2389 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2389 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.612km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2389 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.922km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2389 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2389 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.315km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2386 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.810km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.711km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2384 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.416km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 1.912km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.810km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.511km SE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 1.610km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2383 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.911km SSE of Los Banos, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.628km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2382 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.624km NE of King City, CA · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.210km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.14km SW of San Ardo, CA · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.77km E of Coalinga, CA · 2380 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.720km S of Cantua Creek, CA · 2380 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.913km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2378 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.66km ENE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2377 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.319km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2377 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.28km SSE of Gilroy, CA · 2375 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.824km E of San Ardo, CA · 2375 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.53km WSW of Hollister, CA · 2375 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.65km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.625km E of San Ardo, CA · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.82km ENE of Aromas, CA · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 61
- 1.98km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.09km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 48
- 2.17km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2371 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2401 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.712km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2401 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.911km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2401 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.84km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2401 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.87km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.913km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2403 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.110km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2403 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.516km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2404 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.710km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2404 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.410km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.810km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.112km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.212km NE of New Idria, CA · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.410km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2407 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2407 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.010km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 16
- 1.622km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2408 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.02km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.92km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
- 2.418km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 2408 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73352025. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.