M2.0 earthquake 7km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7km ESE of Pinnacles, CA on Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 10:11 PM PST (06:11 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9km ENE of San Martin, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-03 06:11:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.498° N, 121.077° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.725km NW of Parkfield, CA · 1371 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.619km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1371 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96km ENE of San Miguel, CA · 1370 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.017km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.617km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1370 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.316km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1370 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.810km SW of Huron, CA · 1369 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.58km NE of San Simeon, CA · 1368 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.824km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.310km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 1368 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 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 · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.215km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1365 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 2.19km NE of San Martin, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.622km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1365 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.83km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1365 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 27
- 2.315km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.13km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.723km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.03km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 26
- 1.512km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.24km W of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.112km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 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 · 25 km away
- 1.99km NE of Gilroy, CA · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.34km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1358 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 1.724km NE of King City, CA · 1358 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1356 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.28km NW of Avenal, CA · 1356 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610km NE of Coalinga, CA · 1356 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.84km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1356 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.59km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1355 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 218
- 1.84km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 3.24km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 18
- 2.55km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.210km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1355 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.88km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.68km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1355 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.08km NNW of New Idria, CA · 1354 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 83
- 1.61km W of Tres Pinos, CA · 1354 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.215km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 1354 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1353 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.72km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1353 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.95km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1353 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1353 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1353 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1352 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.822km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1352 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.69km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 264
- 1.89km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.29km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.89km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.722km NE of San Lucas, CA · 1350 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 2.06km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.86km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1371 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.69km W of Huron, CA · 1372 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.62km SSW of Hollister, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.69km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1372 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.09km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.220km NNW of Coalinga, CA · 1373 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.125km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.624km NW of San Simeon, CA · 1373 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
- 3.99km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 272
- 3.19km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 27
- 2.49km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1373 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1374 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.728km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 1374 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.01km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1374 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.64km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1376 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1376 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 1377 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73828256. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.