M2.2 earthquake 20km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sat, May 1, 2021, 1:04 AM PDT (08:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 11km WSW of Huron, 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
- 2021-05-01 08:04:26 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.406° N, 120.988° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1981 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.128km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1981 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.63km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1981 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.611km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1981 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.59km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1980 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1980 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.116km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1980 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.522km SW of New Idria, CA · 1980 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.229km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
- 1.629km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.64km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.68km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1978 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.022km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Hollister, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.216km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1977 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.516km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.922km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.522km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Interlaken, CA · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.715km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.53km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1974 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1971 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.915km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1970 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.510km NE of San Martin, CA · 1970 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.94km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1969 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.63km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1969 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.715km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1967 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.88km S of Los Banos, CA · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.16km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1967 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.816km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.611km SW of King City, CA · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.611km WSW of Huron, CA · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 35
- 2.04km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1965 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.516km NNE of Lopez Point, CA · 1965 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.18km E of San Ardo, CA · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.03km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1962 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.923km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.012km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.96km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1960 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1959 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.46km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 1.811km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1958 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.67km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1958 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.922km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Huron, CA · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.322km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 2.413km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1983 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.122km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1983 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.625km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.04km N of Hollister, CA · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62km WSW of King City, CA · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02km SSW of Hollister, CA · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.713km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1985 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613km W of San Ardo, CA · 1986 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.512km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.59km NNE of Gonzales, CA · 1986 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.812km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.116km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69km NW of Avenal, CA · 1987 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.115km SSE of Cantua Creek, CA · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.97km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1988 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 1.523km NE of King City, CA · 1988 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.57km NW of Avenal, CA · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1989 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 22
- 2.39km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73556795. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.