M1.7 earthquake 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 5:52 PM PDT (00:52 UTC), 9 km (5 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-04 00:52:47 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.548° N, 121.138° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.29km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1887 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.012km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1885 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.29km NE of Gilroy, CA · 1885 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.84km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1884 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 12
- 1.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1884 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.33km SE of San Ardo, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.923km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.73km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.720km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 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 · 17 km away
- 1.923km NNE of San Ardo, CA · 1881 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Huron, CA · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Huron, CA · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 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 · 54 km away
- 1.912km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.510km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.210km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.710km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
- 1.69km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1877 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.04km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 2.113km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.92km WNW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.62km SSE of Parkfield, CA · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.410km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.016km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1874 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 2.99km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 8
- 2.419km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97km NNE of Greenfield, CA · 1873 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15km S of Ridgemark, CA · 1870 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 17
- 2.03km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 1870 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.96km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.817km N of New Idria, CA · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.65km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.624km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1868 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.619km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1868 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.824km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.115km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1868 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1868 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.925km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1867 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.722km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.827km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.923km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.825km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1864 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.012km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.923km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1864 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.11km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1864 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.720km SW of New Idria, CA · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813km N of San Simeon, CA · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.88km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.815km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1861 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.74km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.718km SSW of Gustine, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 120.
Before
- 1.517km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.72km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68km WNW of Greenfield, CA · 1888 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.915km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 50
- 1.712km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.02km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 83
- 1.52km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 90
- 2.320km SW of New Idria, CA · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.519km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1891 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.87km SW of San Ardo, CA · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.719km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1892 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.56km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1892 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.515km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1892 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.39km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1892 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1893 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.315km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.319km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1893 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73605361. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC.