M2.4 earthquake 5km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5km NNE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 6:45 AM PDT (13:45 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
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-15 13:45:36 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.569° N, 121.114° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.622km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1480 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.321km SW of Los Banos, CA · 1480 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 1.85km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.512km SE of Coalinga, CA · 1480 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.114km W of New Idria, CA · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.25km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1480 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 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 · 4 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
- 3.37km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1477 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 73
- 1.76km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1477 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.55km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1477 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.311km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1476 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.38km N of Hollister, CA · 1476 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.713km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1475 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.018km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1475 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1475 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1474 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.75km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1473 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.54km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1472 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.99km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1471 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.54km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1471 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 2.08km NE of San Martin, CA · 1471 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.020km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1470 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.94km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1470 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1469 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.46km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 1469 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 50
- 2.010km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1468 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.22km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1466 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.62km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1466 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.612km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1465 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.922km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1465 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.66km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1464 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.77km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1463 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1463 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1462 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.522km NE of San Ardo, CA · 1462 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km NNW of Avenal, CA · 1462 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.928km WSW of Lopez Point, CA · 1461 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.72km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1461 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76km SSW of Huron, CA · 1461 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1459 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.55km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1459 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.511km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1458 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1458 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.912km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1458 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.511km W of San Ardo, CA · 1458 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1458 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1457 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.812km NE of Hollister, CA · 1456 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.89km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1455 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.115km ENE of Seven Trees, CA · 1455 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1455 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1455 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.710km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1454 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 1.816km NW of Coalinga, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1482 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.83km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
- 1.55km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1482 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1483 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 36
- 2.321km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1483 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.022km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1483 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65km NNW of Aromas, CA · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.623km WSW of New Idria, CA · 1484 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.25km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.821km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1485 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.723km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1485 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.45km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.216km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 61
- 2.26km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1485 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.24km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1486 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73781956. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.