M1.7 earthquake 11km NE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11km NE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 3:15 PM PST (23:15 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-04 23:15:00 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.611° N, 121.063° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512km N of New Idria, CA · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 3.22km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 21
- 1.88km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.517km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1673 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1671 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.35km E of San Ardo, CA · 1671 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1671 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1670 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 1670 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.012km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1670 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.02km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1669 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.69km NW of Avenal, CA · 1669 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.58km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1669 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1667 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1666 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.17km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 94 · tsunami flag
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 14
- 2.66km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 2.46km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1664 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.319km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1664 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.310km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1664 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1663 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.024km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1663 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.223km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1662 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 1661 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.59km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1661 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1661 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.02km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1661 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.322km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 1.722km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1661 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.620km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1660 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.75km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1660 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1660 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.16km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.66km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 86
- 1.522km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1660 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1660 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.61km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1660 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.64km ENE of Corralitos, CA · 1660 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 742
- 2.25km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1659 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1659 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1658 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.622km SW of New Idria, CA · 1658 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.224km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1658 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.024km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1657 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1656 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.815km ENE of San Simeon, CA · 1655 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1653 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 1.818km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.68km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.923km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1652 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 138.
Before
- 1.811km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.03km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1674 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.54km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.712km N of Huron, CA · 1675 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.73km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1676 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.623km WSW of Patterson, CA · 1676 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.64km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1677 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.93km WSW of Hollister, CA · 1677 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.89km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1678 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1679 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.89km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1679 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1680 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1682 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.09km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1684 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.01km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1685 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.816km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1685 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.49km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1686 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 240
- 1.51km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.89km N of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1687 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 18
- 1.71km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1687 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73701301. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.