M2.2 earthquake 2km E of Pacheco, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 2km E of Pacheco, CA on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 9:21 AM PST (17:21 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 2km SW of Colma, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-08 17:21:50 UTC
- Depth
- 15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.985° N, 122.052° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 30
- 2.18km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1758 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1758 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63km SSW of Half Moon Bay, CA · 1757 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA · 1756 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.63km SE of Concord, CA · 1755 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.23km SSW of Half Moon Bay, CA · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.32km SW of Discovery Bay, CA · 1755 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.63km SSW of Half Moon Bay, CA · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.89km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.010km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1750 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.01km N of Pacifica, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 14
- 1.71km WNW of Danville, CA · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km NW of Danville, CA · 1747 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 1.62km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1744 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 2.34km NE of Fairview, CA · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 27
- 1.75km NE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.52km S of Alamo, CA · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 1.56km W of Kenwood, CA · 1738 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65km NE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1737 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.19km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1736 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.510km ENE of Milpitas, CA · 1735 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62km SW of Colma, CA · 1734 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.16km ENE of Kenwood, CA · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.05km W of Yountville, CA · 1730 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.711km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1729 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.52km NE of Union City, CA · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Pacheco, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.26km S of Anderson Springs, CA · 1727 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.54km WSW of Colma, CA · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.61km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Brentwood, CA · 1724 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.46km N of Diablo, CA · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 25
- 1.62km NNE of San Ramon, CA · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 1.98km E of Fremont, CA · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.712km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1721 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65km N of Lafayette, CA · 1716 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.64km N of Lafayette, CA · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1716 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 12
- 1.96km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1716 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.61km NE of Byron, CA · 1715 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.51km SE of Pacifica, CA · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.52km NNW of Green Valley, CA · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.612km SW of Mountain House, CA · 1713 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.512km SW of Mountain House, CA · 1713 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.93km WSW of American Canyon, CA · 1712 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1711 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1710 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 1.66km WSW of Colma, CA · 1761 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54km N of San Leandro, CA · 1764 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 150
- 1.81km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1765 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km S of Portola Valley, CA · 1766 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km S of Portola Valley, CA · 1766 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.01km W of Kensington, CA · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 43
- 2.51km W of Kensington, CA · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 965
- 1.96km NNE of Windsor, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Kenwood, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910km ENE of Healdsburg, CA · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Bethel Island, CA · 1778 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.211km NW of Morgan Hill, CA · 1778 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km SSW of Brentwood, CA · 1778 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km E of Fremont, CA · 1779 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.78km WSW of Mountain House, CA · 1779 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.44km S of Dillon Beach, CA · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.83km S of Dillon Beach, CA · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.91km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.71km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1781 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.81km NE of San Ramon, CA · 1781 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73661396. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.