M1.6 earthquake 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 12:25 PM PDT (19:25 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 5km ENE 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-14 19:25:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.434° N, 121.009° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.97km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1541 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.316km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1540 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.78km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1540 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.85km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1538 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1537 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.324km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1537 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.513km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1537 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
- 1.610km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1537 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.57km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1535 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1535 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.919km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1535 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.48km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1535 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 1.99km N of Avenal, CA · 1535 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1534 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.210km N of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.810km N of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.68km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.58km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.28km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69km N of Avenal, CA · 1533 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.18km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1532 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.514km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1532 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.21km ENE of Hollister, CA · 1531 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.99km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1531 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.216km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1531 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.010km N of San Simeon, CA · 1527 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.815km E of New Idria, CA · 1527 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1527 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.714km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1527 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.716km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.516km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.72km SW of Hollister, CA · 1525 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.910km N of Avenal, CA · 1524 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.516km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1524 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.822km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1522 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 1.821km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.18km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1521 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1521 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.74km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1520 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1519 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1519 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.314km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1519 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 1.919km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1518 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km SSW of Huron, CA · 1518 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.914km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1518 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.83km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1518 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.63km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1517 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1517 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.03km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1516 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.73km NE of New Idria, CA · 1514 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.011km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1514 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.218km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1513 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1513 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.530km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1512 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.920km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1511 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1511 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 2.319km WNW of New Idria, CA · 1544 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.010km ESE of Gilroy, CA · 1544 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 62
- 2.07km S of South Dos Palos, CA · 1544 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.913km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1545 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.55km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1546 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1547 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.723km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1547 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.919km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1548 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.94km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1548 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.111km ENE of New Idria, CA · 1548 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.13km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1548 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km E of Point Sur, CA · 1549 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.627km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1549 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.924km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1549 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.622km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1550 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9
- 1.916km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1550 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.65km E of San Ardo, CA · 1550 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.74km SW of New Idria, CA · 1551 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.415km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1552 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73758636. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.