M2.9 earthquake 5km NE of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5km NE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 1:23 AM PDT (08:23 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 15km ESE of Alum Rock, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.91	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.153 · 119 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.045 · 64 stations

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 185.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73774560 (also filed as us7000i4l3). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.