M1.6 earthquake 2km ENE of Pacifica, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2km ENE of Pacifica, CA on Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 11:56 PM PST (07:56 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4km ENE of Corralitos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-13 07:56:27 UTC
- Depth
- 11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.622° N, 122.467° 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
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64km N of Inverness, CA · 1692 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.93km ENE of San Leandro, CA · 1691 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 414
- 1.83km ENE of San Leandro, CA · 1691 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.62km NE of Union City, CA · 1688 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55km WSW of Daly City, CA · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.72km SSW of Blackhawk, CA · 1688 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1686 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.93km ESE of Pacheco, CA · 1681 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 1.912km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1680 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64km E of South San Francisco, CA · 1679 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35km E of Blackhawk, CA · 1678 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 1.76km WSW of Daly City, CA · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.75km SSW of Lexington Hills, CA · 1678 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 106
- 1.62km NNE of Danville, CA · 1677 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.01km NW of Concord, CA · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 56
- 1.819km SSE of Livermore, CA · 1674 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.68km NNE of Milpitas, CA · 1673 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1671 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.814km SE of Livermore, CA · 1670 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Blackhawk, CA · 1670 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79km ENE of Alum Rock, CA · 1669 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.722km W of Bonny Doon, CA · 1668 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.81km ENE of El Cerrito, CA · 1668 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1,256
- 2.15km NE of Kenwood, CA · 1668 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.34km SSE of Vallejo, CA · 1668 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 14
- 1.58km WSW of Brentwood, CA · 1667 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.83km W of American Canyon, CA · 1666 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km NNW of Crockett, CA · 1666 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Livermore, CA · 1664 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.08km ENE of Milpitas, CA · 1663 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1661 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km WSW of Kenwood, CA · 1661 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 3.64km ENE of Corralitos, CA · 1660 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 742
- 1.62km ESE of Hayward, CA · 1658 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km E of Hayward, CA · 1658 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 2.02km E of Hayward, CA · 1658 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 19
- 2.13km NE of Berkeley, CA · 1658 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 29
- 2.22km NW of Diablo, CA · 1657 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.02km E of Pacheco, CA · 1656 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1655 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 64
- 2.25km WSW of Kenwood, CA · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.83km SW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1653 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.513km N of Green Valley, CA · 1652 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.09km NE of Blackhawk, CA · 1649 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67km S of Muir Beach, CA · 1649 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710km ESE of Clayton, CA · 1646 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65km E of Fremont, CA · 1644 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.49km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1638 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
- 1.710km ENE of Milpitas, CA · 1636 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 3.22km NNE of San Leandro, CA · 1696 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1,117
- 1.65km WNW of Byron, CA · 1696 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75km WNW of Byron, CA · 1696 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.95km SE of Brentwood, CA · 1696 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.716km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1700 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 37
- 1.85km NW of Pittsburg, CA · 1701 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 3.12km ENE of San Leandro, CA · 1701 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1,429
- 2.23km NNW of Diablo, CA · 1701 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 1.916km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1711 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1711 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93km WSW of American Canyon, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.512km SW of Mountain House, CA · 1713 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.612km SW of Mountain House, CA · 1713 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.52km NNW of Green Valley, CA · 1714 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.51km SE of Pacifica, CA · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.61km NE of Byron, CA · 1715 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.96km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1717 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1717 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
- 1.64km N of Lafayette, CA · 1717 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km N of Lafayette, CA · 1717 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73692221. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC.