M2.4 earthquake 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 4:57 PM PDT (23:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2km ENE of Lopez Point, 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
- 2020-09-09 23:57:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.548° N, 121.138° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2216 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.120km SW of Gustine, CA · 2214 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km ENE of Aromas, CA · 2213 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.55km NNW of Aromas, CA · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.46km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2209 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2208 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2208 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
- 2.06km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2208 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.08km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.63km E of Aromas, CA · 2208 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.44km WNW of Hollister, CA · 2206 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
- 2.14km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.910km SSW of New Idria, CA · 2205 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2205 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.414km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2205 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.724km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2204 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2203 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2203 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.62km NNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2201 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.711km E of Coalinga, CA · 2201 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km SW of Gilroy, CA · 2200 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.914km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2199 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.522km WSW of Patterson, CA · 2198 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.54km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 16
- 3.210km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 10
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
- 1.822km N of San Simeon, CA · 2196 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2195 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.52km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2194 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.58km NE of Gilroy, CA · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.27km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.58km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.522km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2191 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.08km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2191 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 1.716km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2190 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.84km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2189 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2189 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.86km N of New Idria, CA · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.11km SW of Hollister, CA · 2187 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.44km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.27km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2186 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2186 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2184 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.510km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2182 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
- 2.012km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2182 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 2.28km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2181 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 3.52km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 10
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.33km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 117.
Before
- 1.826km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.14km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2217 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.28km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2218 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2218 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.512km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 2218 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.68km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2218 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2220 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.816km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 2220 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Hollister, CA · 2220 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.66km NNE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2221 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.96km NE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 19
- 1.520km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2221 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 2221 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2223 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Ardo, CA · 2224 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.96km SW of Gilroy, CA · 2225 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.916km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2225 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.58km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2225 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.35km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2225 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.714km SW of Santa Cruz, CA · 2225 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73455641. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.