M1.6 earthquake 21km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Mar 31, 2022, 4:45 PM PDT (23:45 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 12km S of Tres Pinos, 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
- 2022-03-31 23:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.408° N, 120.967° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.04km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 2.34km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.84km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1648 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 17
- 2.323km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1648 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1647 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.720km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1647 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1645 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
- 2.120km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1645 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1644 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.612km N of Coalinga, CA · 1643 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.115km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1641 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.522km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1641 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.62km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1641 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1641 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.810km NNW of Cholame, CA · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1641 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1640 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.49km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1639 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1639 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 1.730km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1637 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.214km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1637 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.314km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1637 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.63km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1636 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.97km W of Templeton, CA · 1635 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km ENE of Avenal, CA · 1635 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.820km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.66km ENE of Avenal, CA · 1634 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 1.612km NW of Pacific Grove, CA · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.316km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1634 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.72km W of Tres Pinos, CA · 1634 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.64km E of Interlaken, CA · 1634 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 1.88km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1633 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.35km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1633 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.316km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.45km S of Lanare, CA · 1632 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.97km WNW of Kettleman City, CA · 1631 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km E of Avenal, CA · 1631 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.67km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1631 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 27
- 1.710km WSW of Huron, CA · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.224km NE of King City, CA · 1630 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1630 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912km NNW of Kettleman City, CA · 1630 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.212km ESE of Huron, CA · 1630 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.917km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1628 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.212km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1627 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 20
- 1.910km E of Gilroy, CA · 1627 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.213km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1627 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.78km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1627 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.023km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1626 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1626 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1625 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.627km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1624 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.69km N of Cambria, CA · 1623 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1623 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 128.
Before
- 3.34km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1649 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 127
- 1.823km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1649 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.69km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1649 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 1.825km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1651 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.90km NNE of Lopez Point, CA · 1651 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.91km E of Lopez Point, CA · 1652 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1652 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.32km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1652 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1653 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.725km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1653 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.923km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1653 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1653 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.818km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1654 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1654 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67km WSW of Avenal, CA · 1654 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65km W of Avenal, CA · 1654 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73712841. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.