M1.5 earthquake 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 7:41 PM PDT (02:41 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-03 02:41:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.433° N, 121.013° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 23 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 · 1520 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1519 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 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 · 1514 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1513 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.530km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1513 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.920km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1511 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1511 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.811km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1511 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1510 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.15km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1510 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.82km N of New Idria, CA · 1510 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 1.923km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1508 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.123km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1508 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.32km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1507 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1507 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.15km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1507 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09km W of Templeton, CA · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.523km W of New Idria, CA · 1506 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.79km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1506 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.811km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1505 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.512km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1505 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 1.73km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1505 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 1504 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.97km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1504 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 70
- 1.910km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1504 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1503 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.75km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1502 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.74km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1502 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.011km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1502 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.13km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1502 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1501 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km E of Huron, CA · 1501 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.922km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1501 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.211km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1500 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.910km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1500 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1500 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.514km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1499 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.619km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.725km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.78km NE of New Idria, CA · 1498 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.98km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1497 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1497 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.720km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 168.
Before
- 1.910km N of Avenal, CA · 1524 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.72km SW of Hollister, CA · 1525 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.716km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1525 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.714km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1527 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.616km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1527 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815km E of New Idria, CA · 1528 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.010km N of San Simeon, CA · 1528 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.216km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1531 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.99km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1531 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.21km ENE of Hollister, CA · 1531 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.514km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1532 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.18km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1533 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69km N of Avenal, CA · 1533 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.28km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.58km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1534 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.68km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73763405. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.