M1.9 earthquake 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 11:40 PM PST (07:40 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 7km NW 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
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-31 07:40:43 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.469° N, 121.043° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1706 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.93km SW of Huron, CA · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.93km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1706 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1705 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84km SE of Aromas, CA · 1705 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 32
- 2.06km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1705 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 1.712km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1704 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.97km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1702 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.111km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1701 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 2.011km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1701 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.711km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1699 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.94km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 57
- 1.53km E of Aromas, CA · 1698 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.325km E of San Ardo, CA · 1698 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.725km E of San Ardo, CA · 1698 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.25km NW of Avenal, CA · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.81km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1696 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.618km WNW of Coalinga, CA · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.724km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1696 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.822km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1694 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.017km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1693 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.632km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1693 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1692 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1692 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.21km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.61km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1691 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.53km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1691 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.54km NW of Aromas, CA · 1691 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
- 3.11km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 49
- 2.98km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1691 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
- 1.71km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.022km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.39km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1690 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
- 1.926km W of San Simeon, CA · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.11km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.12km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.32km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.02km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1688 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.86km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1688 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 12
- 2.014km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1688 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1688 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.71km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1687 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.89km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1687 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 18
- 1.51km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.49km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1686 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 240
- 1.816km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1685 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.01km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1684 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.09km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1683 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1682 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.89km SSE of Huron, CA · 1681 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.58km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1681 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1679 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 158.
Before
- 1.616km NW of New Idria, CA · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1707 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.88km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1707 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.07km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 10
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1708 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.513km SW of Huron, CA · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1711 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.310km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1712 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.82km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.216km W of Los Banos, CA · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.011km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1714 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73686261. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.