M1.6 earthquake 4km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Sep 4, 2022, 12:09 PM PDT (19:09 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-04 19:09:12 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.566° N, 121.122° 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
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.811km NE of Bradley, CA · 1491 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.15km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.54km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.414km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1491 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 342
- 2.44km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km N of Parkfield, CA · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1490 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.612km NE of Bradley, CA · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1489 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1489 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.63km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1488 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.723km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1488 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.53km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1487 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 2.22km W of Tres Pinos, CA · 1487 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1487 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.24km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1485 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.216km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 61
- 2.45km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.723km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1485 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1485 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.45km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1484 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.022km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1483 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.321km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1483 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.79km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 36
- 1.55km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1482 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1481 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
- 1.85km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1481 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.816km NW of Coalinga, CA · 1481 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.45km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 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 · 1 km away
- 1.512km SE of Coalinga, CA · 1480 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.114km W of New Idria, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.25km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1480 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.821km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1479 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1479 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.614km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1478 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1478 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 1477 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.813km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1477 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.53km W of Hollister, CA · 1477 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
The first 60 of 178.
Before
- 2.25km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.54km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
- 1.611km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1491 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1492 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011km W of Moss Landing, CA · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.810km NE of San Martin, CA · 1493 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
- 1.711km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1493 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 2.15km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57km NE of San Martin, CA · 1494 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.24km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 4.05km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 38 · tsunami flag
- 2.011km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1495 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.821km W of New Idria, CA · 1495 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73775415. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC.