M2.0 earthquake 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:11 AM PDT (13:11 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-17 13:11:28 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.583° N, 121.178° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2361 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2361 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.413km NNW of Point Sur, CA · 2361 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.210km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.410km WSW of Huron, CA · 2360 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.07km SE of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.610km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.59km WNW of New Idria, CA · 2359 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.34km ESE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.98km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2356 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.010km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.231km S of Lopez Point, CA · 2355 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.623km E of Point Sur, CA · 2354 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.612km NE of San Simeon, CA · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.98km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.54km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2352 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2349 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.92km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2349 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.013km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2346 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.533km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.815km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2345 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.717km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2345 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.98km ESE of Prunedale, CA · 2344 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2344 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.819km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.414km SW of New Idria, CA · 2342 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2341 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.316km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.913km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 2341 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.323km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2340 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.312km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2339 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.426km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2338 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73km SW of Lexington Hills, CA · 2338 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.021km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2338 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.88km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.016km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2338 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2336 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.07km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.67km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.88km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2336 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.46km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2335 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2333 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2333 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.212km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2332 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 15
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2332 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.216km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.518km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2330 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 1.728km SW of Gustine, CA · 2330 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2330 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.513km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2330 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.423km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.614km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2329 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.512km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2328 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.76km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2327 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.525km NE of Hollister, CA · 2362 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.79km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2362 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.92km NE of Hollister, CA · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.124km S of New Idria, CA · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2365 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
- 2.211km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2365 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2366 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.823km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.223km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2367 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2367 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.44km ESE of New Idria, CA · 2369 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
- 1.914km SW of Santa Cruz, CA · 2369 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.77km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2369 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2369 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.63km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2370 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.612km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2370 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.17km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2371 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.09km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2371 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 48
- 2.714km ENE of San Simeon, CA · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73372115. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC.