M2.1 earthquake 5km NE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5km NE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 1:30 AM PDT (08:30 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 15km ESE of Alum Rock, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-02 08:30:17 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.560° N, 121.098° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
- 1.711km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1493 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.810km NE of San Martin, CA · 1493 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 11
- 2.011km W of Moss Landing, CA · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1492 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.54km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 9
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.25km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.811km NE of Bradley, CA · 1491 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.15km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.54km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.414km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1491 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 342
- 2.44km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km N of Parkfield, CA · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1490 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.612km NE of Bradley, CA · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1489 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.66km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1489 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.63km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1488 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.723km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1488 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.53km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1487 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
- 2.22km W of Tres Pinos, CA · 1487 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1487 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.24km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1485 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.216km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 61
- 2.45km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.723km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1485 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1485 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.45km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1484 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.65km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.022km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1483 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.65km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.321km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1482 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.79km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 36
- 1.55km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1482 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1481 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
- 1.85km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1481 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.816km NW of Coalinga, CA · 1481 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.45km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 1.622km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1480 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.321km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1480 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 10
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 184.
Before
- 2.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57km NE of San Martin, CA · 1494 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.24km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 4.05km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 38 · tsunami flag
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.821km W of New Idria, CA · 1495 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.95km N of Hollister, CA · 1495 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 55
- 1.720km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1497 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.618km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1497 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.98km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1497 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.78km NE of New Idria, CA · 1498 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.725km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.514km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1499 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.710km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1500 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73774570. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.