M1.7 earthquake 8km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8km ESE of Pinnacles, CA on Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:07 AM PST (19:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-18 19:07:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.493° N, 121.062° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2145 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2144 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2142 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.929km W of San Simeon, CA · 2142 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.733km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2142 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 2142 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.13km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2141 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2139 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.77km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2138 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.214km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2138 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.414km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2137 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59km E of Pinnacles, CA · 2136 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.920km NNW of New Idria, CA · 2135 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2135 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.317km NNE of New Idria, CA · 2134 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.98km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2134 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2134 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.34km SW of Moss Landing, CA · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 2.224km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.010km NNW of Avenal, CA · 2131 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.211km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 52
- 2.111km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.611km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.62km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2129 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.715km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2127 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.64km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2127 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.320km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2127 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.62km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2127 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2127 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.515km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 2126 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.59km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2126 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.713km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2125 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2125 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.216km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2124 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.25km SSW of San Ardo, CA · 2123 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.523km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2122 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914km N of Lopez Point, CA · 2121 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.45km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2121 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.710km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2119 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2,305
- 3.510km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 2119 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 597
- 1.520km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.121km NE of San Lucas, CA · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.710km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
- 1.913km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.923km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 1.68km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 2113 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 13
- 1.77km N of Day Valley, CA · 2113 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.73km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2111 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 28
- 2.320km N of New Idria, CA · 2110 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.17km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710km NNE of San Martin, CA · 2109 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82km ESE of Aromas, CA · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.911km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.912km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2149 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.116km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.710km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2149 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.019km WNW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2150 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.114km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 2150 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.88km SSE of Huron, CA · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.86km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 22
- 1.84km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.05km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 41
- 3.34km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2153 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 293
- 2.015km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2153 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.14km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2154 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.630km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2154 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.118km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2155 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.132km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 2155 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.318km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2155 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.715km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2156 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73483926. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.