M1.9 earthquake 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 1:31 AM PDT (08:31 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 6km NW of Pinnacles, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-15 08:31:42 UTC
- Depth
- 4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.569° N, 121.158° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.613km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1906 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.63km E of Aromas, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.712km E of Coalinga, CA · 1906 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.98km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 59
- 2.28km NW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1902 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1899 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.517km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1899 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 2.22km NNE of Carmel Valley Village, CA · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1897 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.511km WSW of Huron, CA · 1896 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08km ENE of Interlaken, CA · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.319km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1894 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.315km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1893 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.39km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1892 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.515km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1892 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.56km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1892 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1892 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.719km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.519km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1891 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.320km SW of New Idria, CA · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.83km NW of Hollister, CA · 1891 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 90
- 1.52km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 83
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.712km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.915km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 50
- 1.68km WNW of Greenfield, CA · 1889 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.72km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.517km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.29km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1887 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.012km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1885 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.29km NE of Gilroy, CA · 1885 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.84km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1885 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
- 1.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1885 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.33km SE of San Ardo, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.923km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.73km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.720km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1882 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.616km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.923km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 1881 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Huron, CA · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Huron, CA · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1879 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.55km SE of Aromas, CA · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.912km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.510km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1878 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1878 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.210km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1878 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 5
- 1.69km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 1.69km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.822km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1909 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.726km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.124km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.87km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1911 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1911 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 20
- 2.321km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 1912 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.36km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.812km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1915 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1916 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
- 1.93km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1918 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.68km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.72km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1919 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 143
- 2.03km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1919 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1919 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.18km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73591436. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.