M1.6 earthquake 9km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 3:38 PM PST (23:38 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-23 23:38:12 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.600° N, 121.198° 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
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- 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: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 1381 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 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 · 69 km away
- 2.410km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1380 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.021km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1380 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.620km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 1380 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.021km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1378 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1378 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.38km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1378 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.69km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.623km ENE of San Lucas, CA · 1377 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1376 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1376 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.01km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1374 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.728km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1374 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.49km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1373 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 27
- 3.99km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 272
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 2.624km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.125km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.220km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1373 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.62km SSW of Hollister, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.69km W of Huron, CA · 1371 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.86km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.06km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.07km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.725km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1371 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.619km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1370 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1370 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.824km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.310km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1368 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1367 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1365 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.215km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1365 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.19km NE of San Martin, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1365 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.83km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 27
- 2.315km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.13km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.723km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.03km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1363 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 26
- 1.512km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.24km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.112km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.516km WNW of Lopez Point, CA · 1359 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.416km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.99km NE of Gilroy, CA · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 1.519km WSW of Gustine, CA · 1383 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.64km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 1.712km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1383 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1383 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1384 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1385 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.616km N of Coalinga, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.918km SE of New Idria, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.620km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1385 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.111km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1387 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1387 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.58km E of Gilroy, CA · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.015km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1388 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.526km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1388 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.116km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1389 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.312km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1389 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.013km E of Tres Pinos, CA · 1389 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.113km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1389 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.913km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1389 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73823886. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.