M1.8 earthquake 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Mar 31, 2022, 7:03 PM PDT (02:03 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-01 02:03:44 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.565° N, 121.153° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1647 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 17
- 2.323km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1647 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.720km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1645 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.716km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1644 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
- 2.120km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1644 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.612km N of Coalinga, CA · 1642 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.115km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.522km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1640 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.62km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.012km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1640 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.810km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1639 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.49km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1638 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1638 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
- 1.730km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1637 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1636 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.214km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1636 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.314km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1636 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.63km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1635 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1634 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1634 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.820km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1634 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.612km NW of Pacific Grove, CA · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.316km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1633 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.72km W of Tres Pinos, CA · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.64km E of Interlaken, CA · 1632 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 1.88km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.35km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.316km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.215km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.67km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1630 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 27
- 1.710km WSW of Huron, CA · 1629 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.224km NE of King City, CA · 1629 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1629 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1627 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.212km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1626 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 20
- 1.910km E of Gilroy, CA · 1626 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.213km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1626 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.78km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1626 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.023km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1625 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1625 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1624 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.627km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1623 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.98km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1622 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.418km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1621 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.56km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1621 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.629km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1621 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.55km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1620 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.720km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1620 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.15km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1620 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.011km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 1620 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1619 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 1.510km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 1619 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1619 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.021km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1618 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.55km SE of Aromas, CA · 1617 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
- 1.78km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1617 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.15km SE of Aromas, CA · 1617 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.75km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1617 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 18
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 2.34km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1647 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1647 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.04km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1647 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.621km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1647 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.34km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1647 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 127
- 1.823km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.69km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.825km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1650 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.90km NNE of Lopez Point, CA · 1650 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.91km E of Lopez Point, CA · 1651 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.621km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1651 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.32km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1651 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1651 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.725km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.923km S of Lopez Point, CA · 1652 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.68km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.112km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.818km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1652 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73712906. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.