M1.6 earthquake 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 4:26 PM PDT (23:26 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 2km WSW of Los Banos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-08 23:26:10 UTC
- Depth
- -0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.441° N, 121.010° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1944 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1944 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 1.72km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.75km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1942 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.02km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1942 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.34km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 489
- 2.34km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 12
- 2.112km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.615km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.412km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1938 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1937 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1937 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.013km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1937 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1937 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 1.713km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.626km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1936 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.620km SW of Gustine, CA · 1936 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1934 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1934 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 1.74km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.07km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.111km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.814km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.14km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.223km SW of New Idria, CA · 1929 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.725km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.912km W of Templeton, CA · 1929 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1928 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 1.712km NE of Hollister, CA · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.110km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1927 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1925 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.86km ESE of San Lucas, CA · 1923 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.49km NE of San Martin, CA · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 2.56km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 38
- 2.25km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1945 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.46km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1945 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.524km NW of New Idria, CA · 1947 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.69km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1950 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.63km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 115
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.013km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.923km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.522km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1953 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.922km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.88km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 11
- 1.518km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.322km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Huron, CA · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.718km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.922km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73571741. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.