M2.2 earthquake 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 5:51 PM PST (01:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-26 01:51:19 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.472° N, 121.048° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.912km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 23
- 2.07km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.217km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Lopez Point, CA · 1742 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.126km SW of Gustine, CA · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.016km N of New Idria, CA · 1742 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.74km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 2.623km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 1.728km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.93km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1737 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.013km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1737 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.31km W of Parkfield, CA · 1737 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 34
- 2.122km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1736 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1736 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.513km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1734 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.74km W of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.121km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1730 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.727km NE of Hollister, CA · 1729 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.516km N of Coalinga, CA · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.212km SE of San Joaquin, CA · 1725 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1725 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99km E of Gilroy, CA · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.39km E of Gilroy, CA · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1722 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1721 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.924km E of San Ardo, CA · 1720 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.217km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.65km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1718 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.67km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.55km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.114km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1714 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 10
- 2.714km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1714 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.914km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1714 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.011km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.216km W of Los Banos, CA · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.67km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.82km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.310km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1711 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.511km N of Avenal, CA · 1745 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.718km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.91km E of Hollister, CA · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.612km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.114km N of Coalinga, CA · 1748 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.24km WSW of Paso Robles, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 10
- 1.712km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.77km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.521km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1753 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.63km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.05km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.42km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 1.614km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73668536. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.