M2.8 earthquake 12km W of Moss Landing, CA

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 12km W of Moss Landing, CA on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:16 PM PDT (06:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13km S of Tres Pinos, 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
2.75	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.188 · 100 stations
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.056 · 42 stations

123 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: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 122.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73630766 (also filed as us6000fq17). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.