M1.7 earthquake 5km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5km ENE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 4:17 PM PDT (23:17 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-18 23:17:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.554° N, 121.093° 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
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1661 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.16km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.66km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 86
- 1.522km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1660 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.59km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1660 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1660 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.61km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1660 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.64km ENE of Corralitos, CA · 1660 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 742
- 2.25km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1659 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1659 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.622km SW of New Idria, CA · 1659 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.224km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1658 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.024km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1657 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.112km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1657 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.815km ENE of San Simeon, CA · 1655 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1653 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.818km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.68km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.923km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1652 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.725km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.722km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1651 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1651 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.91km E of Lopez Point, CA · 1651 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.90km NNE of Lopez Point, CA · 1650 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.825km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1650 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.69km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1649 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.823km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.34km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 127
- 1.621km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1648 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.04km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.34km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.84km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 17
- 2.323km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1647 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1646 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.720km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1646 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1645 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
- 2.120km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1644 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.612km N of Coalinga, CA · 1642 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.115km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.522km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1640 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.62km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.012km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1640 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1639 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.49km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1638 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1638 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 1.730km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1637 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1636 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.214km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1636 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 1.620km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.722km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1661 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.322km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 2.02km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1661 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1661 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.59km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1662 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.29km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1662 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 1662 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.223km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1662 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.024km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1663 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1663 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.310km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1664 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.319km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1664 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.46km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 3.17km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 14
- 2.16km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1666 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.76km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1666 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73707436. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.