M1.6 earthquake 4km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 11:31 AM PDT (18:31 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2021-06-12 18:31:25 UTC
- Depth
- 8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 121.121° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.82km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.412km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.610km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1937 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1936 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.911km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.013km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 1.713km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.626km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.620km SW of Gustine, CA · 1935 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.415km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1933 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 7
- 1.74km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1931 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.111km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1931 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.814km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1930 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.14km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1929 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.223km SW of New Idria, CA · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.725km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.36km E of New Idria, CA · 1927 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
- 1.712km NE of Hollister, CA · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1926 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.110km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1926 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.714km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1926 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.114km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.816km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.715km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.86km ESE of San Lucas, CA · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.49km NE of San Martin, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.710km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.36km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1921 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.58km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1920 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.19km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1919 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 3.18km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 11
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1918 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.03km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 3.72km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 143
- 1.68km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1917 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 125.
Before
- 1.65km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.26km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1940 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.615km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.112km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.34km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
- 3.34km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 489
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.02km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.75km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1941 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.72km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.52km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
- 2.412km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.814km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1943 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1943 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.56km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1943 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 38
- 2.25km WNW of San Simeon, CA · 1944 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73573366. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC.