M1.7 earthquake 27km S of Lopez Point, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27km S of Lopez Point, CA on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 11:13 PM PST (07:13 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8km NNW 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
- 2021-11-19 07:13:06 UTC
- Depth
- 15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.773° N, 121.563° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.918km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1780 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.56km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1778 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.726km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1778 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.33km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1778 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.03km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1777 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.03km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1777 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1777 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.518km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1777 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.118km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1777 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.618km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.819km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.512km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1775 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.824km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1770 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.015km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.114km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 1.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.620km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1769 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 1768 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.39km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1767 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 2.617km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1761 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.118km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1756 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.42km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1755 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.521km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.77km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.24km WSW of Paso Robles, CA · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.718km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1748 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.79km WSW of Atascadero, CA · 1746 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 23
- 2.07km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810km ESE of Lopez Point, CA · 1743 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.74km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.623km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 1.93km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1741 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.013km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1738 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212km W of Templeton, CA · 1738 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.122km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1737 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1737 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.513km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1735 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.26km W of Templeton, CA · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1732 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74km W of Pinnacles, CA · 1732 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 70.
Before
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1781 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1782 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 2.310km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1785 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1788 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1788 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710km N of San Simeon, CA · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1790 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1790 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1791 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 2.312km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1793 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.620km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1794 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73654855. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.