M1.8 earthquake 13km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:37 AM PDT (10:37 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 10km NW 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-16 10:37:55 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.457° N, 121.036° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.522km E of Pinnacles, CA · 1449 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.614km NNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1448 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 1.614km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1448 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.217km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1446 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.44km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1445 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.324km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1445 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.310km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1445 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.13km WSW of Avenal, CA · 1444 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.62km W of Avenal, CA · 1444 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.415km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1444 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.86km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1444 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.714km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1443 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.86km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1443 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.69km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1443 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 17
- 1.69km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1443 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.726km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.99km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1442 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.811km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1442 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 1442 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1441 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.120km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1441 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1441 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.916km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1441 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.617km NNE of San Simeon, CA · 1440 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1440 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915km NW of Coalinga, CA · 1440 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.023km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1440 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 1.622km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1439 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.39km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1438 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
- 1.717km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1438 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.717km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1438 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.912km NNE of Hollister, CA · 1438 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 32
- 1.924km WSW of Coalinga, CA · 1437 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.216km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1436 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1436 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1435 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.79km NE of Gilroy, CA · 1435 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1435 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.88km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1435 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.35km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1435 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1435 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.84km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1434 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.84km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1434 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1434 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.88km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1433 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.511km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1433 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
- 2.36km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1432 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1432 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.813km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1432 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.914km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1431 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.96km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1431 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.719km S of New Idria, CA · 1430 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.814km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1430 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 1.64km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1429 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.77km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1429 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1426 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.215km NW of Coalinga, CA · 1426 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.714km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1424 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.85km SSW of San Ardo, CA · 1424 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1423 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1451 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.74km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1452 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.511km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1452 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1452 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1453 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.811km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1453 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.66km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1454 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1454 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.85km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1455 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.711km N of Avenal, CA · 1455 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.27km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1455 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1455 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Cambria, CA · 1456 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.812km NE of Hollister, CA · 1456 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.111km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1457 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1458 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.511km W of San Ardo, CA · 1458 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.912km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1458 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.99km NW of Lemoore Station, CA · 1458 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.78km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1458 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73794406. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC.