M2.6 earthquake 5km NNW of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 3:40 PM PDT (22:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 2km WSW of Los Banos, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.63	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.163 · 102 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.048 · 58 stations

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 119.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73579151 (also filed as us6000epi4). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.