M2.7 earthquake 9km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA on Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 8:07 AM PST (16:07 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 8km NNW of Pinnacles, 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
2.7	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.142 · 88 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.049 · 54 stations

38 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 99.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73660155 (also filed as us6000g7x2). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.