M1.9 earthquake 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 10:04 PM PDT (05:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 22km NE of San Ardo, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-21 05:04:16 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.469° N, 121.046° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69km NE of San Martin, CA · 2296 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.211km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2295 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.112km ENE of Cambria, CA · 2295 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.87km SSW of Gonzales, CA · 2295 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.73km E of Aromas, CA · 2295 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.314km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2295 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.325km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2295 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.99km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2294 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.99km WSW of San Ardo, CA · 2294 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67km WNW of San Ardo, CA · 2294 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2293 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
- 1.64km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2293 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2293 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.125km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2293 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.011km N of Point Sur, CA · 2292 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.222km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 2292 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.17km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2292 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.513km WSW of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.319km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 2291 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.49km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2291 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km NE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2291 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.78km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.322km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2290 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.35km SSE of Parkfield, CA · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2289 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.416km WNW of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2288 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.85km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2286 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.94km WSW of Hollister, CA · 2286 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.62km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 53
- 1.87km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.17km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.29km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.57km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.16km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.07km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2284 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.023km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2284 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.916km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2284 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2284 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.923km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2284 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.12km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2283 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2282 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2282 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.911km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 27
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.614km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2280 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.95km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2280 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.821km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2280 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Interlaken, CA · 2280 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2279 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
- 1.817km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2279 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.02km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2278 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2276 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.215km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2276 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.110km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2274 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.814km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2273 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 1.616km NW of New Idria, CA · 2272 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 1.62km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2297 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.717km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2297 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.316km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2297 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.524km N of Lopez Point, CA · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2298 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.123km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.08km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.622km SW of New Idria, CA · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.12km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2301 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.21km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2301 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.822km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2301 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 2.010km WSW of Huron, CA · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.317km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2302 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2302 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2302 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.122km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2304 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.627km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2304 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.117km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2304 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.69km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2305 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Cambria, CA · 2305 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73412851. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.