M2.0 earthquake 11km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 11km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 8:52 PM PDT (03:52 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
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-05 03:52:04 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.612° N, 121.219° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.716km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2190 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.918km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.84km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2189 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 2189 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86km N of New Idria, CA · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.11km SW of Hollister, CA · 2187 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.44km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2187 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.27km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2186 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 9
- 1.615km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2186 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2184 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.510km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2182 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 2.012km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2182 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65km ENE of New Idria, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 2.28km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2181 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 3.52km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 3.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.33km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 2181 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2180 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 34
- 1.89km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.23km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.321km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.516km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.95km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.06km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2178 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.713km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.42km E of Lopez Point, CA · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.713km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.76km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.17km ENE of Aromas, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.26km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.623km SW of New Idria, CA · 2175 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Hollister, CA · 2175 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.96km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2173 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.211km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2173 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.62km NNE of Aromas, CA · 2172 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.814km NE of Hollister, CA · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.711km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2171 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.521km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2171 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km NNE of Corralitos, CA · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66km S of San Lucas, CA · 2170 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2169 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.820km E of Point Sur, CA · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.311km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2168 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 25
- 2.23km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2167 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.87km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2167 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2167 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.617km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2166 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 120.
Before
- 2.08km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2191 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.522km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2191 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.58km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.27km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.55km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.58km NE of Gilroy, CA · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.52km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2194 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2195 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.822km N of San Simeon, CA · 2196 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 3.210km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 16
- 1.522km WSW of Patterson, CA · 2198 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.914km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2199 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.76km SW of Gilroy, CA · 2200 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2201 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.62km NNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.22km SW of Lexington Hills, CA · 2202 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2203 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.816km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2203 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73466746. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.