M2.0 earthquake 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Mon, May 23, 2022, 11:15 AM PDT (18:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 12km NW of Parkfield, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-23 18:15:11 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.455° N, 121.049° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1595 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.819km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1595 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.612km E of Coalinga, CA · 1595 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.219km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1594 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.911km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1594 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.815km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1593 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.66km N of Tres Pinos, CA · 1593 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.519km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.510km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1593 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 1.72km SE of San Ardo, CA · 1592 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1591 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.710km SE of New Idria, CA · 1591 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.022km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1591 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 8
- 1.625km W of Coalinga, CA · 1591 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.920km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.822km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1590 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.623km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1590 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.87km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1590 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.18km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1589 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1588 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.63km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1587 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.03km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1587 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.412km E of Coalinga, CA · 1586 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.16km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1586 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.718km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1586 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1584 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.625km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1584 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1584 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1583 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.811km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1582 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.720km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1581 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94km NNE of New Idria, CA · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.72km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1579 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
- 2.35km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1579 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
- 2.223km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1578 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.710km ESE of New Idria, CA · 1577 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.15km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1577 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.58km ENE of San Simeon, CA · 1575 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.723km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1575 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 2.023km NNE of San Lucas, CA · 1574 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.919km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1574 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 1.619km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1573 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1572 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1572 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1572 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Templeton, CA · 1572 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.723km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1571 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.87km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 1571 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km N of Coalinga, CA · 1571 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.310km NE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1569 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 140
- 1.92km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1569 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.59km N of Coalinga, CA · 1568 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 1567 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.121km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1567 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.26km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1565 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1565 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.924km E of San Ardo, CA · 1565 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.114km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1564 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1564 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.610km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1564 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 1.819km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1595 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1596 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.89km SW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1596 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1596 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.611km E of Coalinga, CA · 1596 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.92km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1596 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 34
- 2.04km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1596 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1597 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.34km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1598 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 1.519km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1599 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1599 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.35km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1600 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1603 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.621km SW of New Idria, CA · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.016km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1604 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.74km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1605 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1605 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1605 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.612km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1607 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1607 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73737166. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC.