M1.7 earthquake 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 9:20 PM PST (05:20 UTC), 3 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-07 05:20:17 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.712° N, 121.341° 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, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1761 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710km NNE of New Idria, CA · 1760 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1758 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.212km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1758 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.911km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1755 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.62km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.42km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.05km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.89km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.63km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1752 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.010km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1750 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.712km SSW of San Lucas, CA · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.114km N of Coalinga, CA · 1748 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.91km E of Hollister, CA · 1747 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1744 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 2.211km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 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 · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.217km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1742 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Lopez Point, CA · 1742 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.126km SW of Gustine, CA · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.016km N of New Idria, CA · 1741 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.74km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
- 2.623km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.728km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.93km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1737 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.122km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1736 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.012km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1736 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.19km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1735 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.510km ENE of Milpitas, CA · 1734 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.410km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.74km W of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.121km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.55km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1729 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1729 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.727km NE of Hollister, CA · 1729 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.72km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.422km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1725 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99km E of Gilroy, CA · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.39km E of Gilroy, CA · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.93km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1721 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1721 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 2.39km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1765 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 1.924km NE of King City, CA · 1766 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.310km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1767 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1768 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 38
- 1.615km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.114km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 1.912km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.015km SE of Point Sur, CA · 1769 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1771 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.824km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1771 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1773 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1773 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.913km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.613km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1774 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.94km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1774 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1774 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73660656. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.