M2.6 earthquake 10km SE of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 4:25 AM PDT (11:25 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 2km ENE of Lopez Point, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.63	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.212 · 101 stations
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.055 · 44 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 113.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73447261 (also filed as us6000bhmb). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC.