M1.9 earthquake 13km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 13km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 5:55 PM PST (01:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 9km 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
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-16 01:55:06 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.458° N, 121.035° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- 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: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.113km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1389 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.013km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1389 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.312km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1389 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.116km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1388 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.526km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1388 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.58km E of Gilroy, CA · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1387 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.111km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1387 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.56km W of Avenal, CA · 1386 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.620km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.918km SE of New Idria, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.616km N of Coalinga, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.910km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1385 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.712km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1383 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.04km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519km WSW of Gustine, CA · 1383 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1381 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 1381 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1381 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.710km NE of San Martin, CA · 1381 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.410km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1380 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.021km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1380 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.620km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1380 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.021km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1378 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1378 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.38km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1378 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.69km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1377 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1376 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1376 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.01km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1374 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.728km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1374 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.49km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 3.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 27
- 3.99km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 272
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.624km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.125km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.220km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1373 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.09km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.62km SSW of Hollister, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.69km W of Huron, CA · 1371 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.86km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.06km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.07km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.725km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1371 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.619km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1370 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km ENE of San Miguel, CA · 1370 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1370 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.810km SW of Huron, CA · 1369 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.58km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1368 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 2.04km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1391 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1391 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.03km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1391 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1391 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1391 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1392 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.112km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1392 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.710km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1392 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.310km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1392 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 21
- 1.917km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1393 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.82km E of Aromas, CA · 1393 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610km W of San Ardo, CA · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.120km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.916km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1394 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.510km E of Gilroy, CA · 1394 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.56km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1395 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.86km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1395 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.04km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1395 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.23km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1396 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.64km ESE of Aromas, CA · 1396 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 18
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73819161. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.