M2.1 earthquake 7km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 7km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 12:50 PM PDT (19:50 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 18km NW of San Simeon, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-25 19:50:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.584° N, 121.183° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 619 · tsunami flag
- 3.517km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 35
- 1.919km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.817km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.218km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.218km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.020km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.618km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.710km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1802 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1802 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.07km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.918km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.38km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.012km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1799 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.619km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1799 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.624km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1798 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.32km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1798 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.712km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1798 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.311km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.210km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1796 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.17km NE of San Martin, CA · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.99km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1793 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.620km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.113km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.312km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.46km N of Hollister, CA · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 12
- 1.68km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.222km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km N of San Simeon, CA · 1789 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.315km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1787 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1787 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.15km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1784 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.310km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1783 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 2.311km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1783 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.913km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1782 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.725km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1780 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.25km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1780 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.719km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1780 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.727km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1780 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.918km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1778 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.922km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.67km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.53km SW of Hollister, CA · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km NE of New Idria, CA · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Hollister, CA · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.36km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1807 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.614km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.77km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1809 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1809 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1809 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 1.612km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1809 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.713km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 155
- 2.712km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1809 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.27km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1810 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.94km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 20
- 3.47km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 24
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73644530. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.