M1.8 earthquake 4km N of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4km N of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Jul 5, 2020, 1:09 PM PDT (20:09 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-05 20:09:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.565° N, 121.144° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 29
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 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2282 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.911km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 27
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2281 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.95km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2280 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.821km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2280 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Interlaken, CA · 2280 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2279 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 1.817km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2279 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.02km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2278 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.215km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2276 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.110km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2274 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.814km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2273 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 1.616km NW of New Idria, CA · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.127km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2272 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.83km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2272 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2272 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2272 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.423km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2271 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2271 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.412km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2271 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2271 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.04km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2269 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.514km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2269 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.829km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2268 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.510km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2268 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.312km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2266 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.312km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2266 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 71
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2266 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.412km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2266 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.813km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2266 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63km E of Aromas, CA · 2265 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.611km N of San Simeon, CA · 2265 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711km N of San Simeon, CA · 2263 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.92km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2263 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 19
- 3.02km SE of Aromas, CA · 2263 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 88
- 2.43km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2263 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.912km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2262 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 1.711km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2261 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2261 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.912km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2260 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2260 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.720km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2260 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.323km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2258 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2258 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 131
- 2.122km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2258 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.922km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2258 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.022km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.614km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2256 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2256 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.04km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2255 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2254 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.617km N of Lopez Point, CA · 2254 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 2253 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2253 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.17km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2253 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.811km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2253 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2252 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.018km S of Cantua Creek, CA · 2252 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.322km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2248 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.616km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 2283 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.616km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2283 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.12km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2284 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.923km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2284 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.916km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.023km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.07km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.16km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.57km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.29km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2285 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.17km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.62km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2286 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 53
- 1.94km WSW of Hollister, CA · 2286 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.85km NE of Coalinga, CA · 2286 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.87km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 2287 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.911km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.714km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2288 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73422136. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.