M2.2 earthquake 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 5:24 PM PST (01:24 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 15km N of Morgan Hill, 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
- 2021-03-12 01:24:34 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.567° N, 121.158° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 1.622km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.124km NE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.64km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2028 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.410km SW of Tranquillity, CA · 2028 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.413km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 2027 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.514km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 2027 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.78km E of Gilroy, CA · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.94km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 2026 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.624km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2026 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.66km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.36km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.86km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.23km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2025 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.410km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
- 2.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2025 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.74km NW of New Idria, CA · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2023 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.025km W of Los Banos, CA · 2022 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.515km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 1.711km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2022 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.39km E of Gilroy, CA · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.010km E of Gilroy, CA · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.317km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.110km E of Gilroy, CA · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810km E of Gilroy, CA · 2021 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km WSW of Hollister, CA · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.710km E of Gilroy, CA · 2021 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.712km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2021 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2020 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.727km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2020 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 2.126km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.919km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.78km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.210km E of Gilroy, CA · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 34
- 2.88km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 15
- 1.98km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.89km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.910km E of Gilroy, CA · 2018 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.712km SW of Huron, CA · 2017 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.612km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2016 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 1.712km NNE of Hollister, CA · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.026km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2014 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.027km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 2014 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.921km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2014 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.123km NE of King City, CA · 2013 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 2013 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.519km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2013 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.52km SE of San Ardo, CA · 2013 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.312km NNE of Hollister, CA · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.36km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 152
- 1.56km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 157.
Before
- 1.510km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2032 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.616km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 2033 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2033 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.823km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2033 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 1.58km NNW of Hollister, CA · 2034 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.94km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2034 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.611km N of Pinnacles, CA · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.122km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 2034 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.612km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 2036 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.03km N of Ridgemark, CA · 2036 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 2037 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.015km E of Seven Trees, CA · 2041 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.211km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2041 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.112 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 2041 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.323km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 2042 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.022km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73534031. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC.