M2.1 earthquake 14km SE of Point Sur, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14km SE of Point Sur, CA on Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 11:58 PM PST (07:58 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8km NNW 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
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-30 07:58:34 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.228° N, 121.768° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.615km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.620km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1768 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.310km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1767 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 1767 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.39km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
- 1.79km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1762 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1762 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.617km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1759 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.212km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1758 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.118km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.911km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.62km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.614km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.42km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.63km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.521km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1753 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.77km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.712km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.718km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.91km E of Hollister, CA · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 1.718km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1747 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.211km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.912km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 23
- 2.07km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810km ESE of Lopez Point, CA · 1743 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.74km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.623km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 1.93km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1738 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.013km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1737 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.122km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1736 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.513km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1734 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74km W of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.121km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1730 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1726 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1725 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99km E of Gilroy, CA · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.39km E of Gilroy, CA · 1724 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 75.
Before
- 1.912km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.015km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1770 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1771 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.68km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1773 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1774 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.913km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1774 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1774 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1774 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.94km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1775 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1775 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.810km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1775 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.819km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1775 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.118km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.14km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1776 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 1.518km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73659950. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC.