California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km N of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km N of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 2:52 PM PST (22:52 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2025-12-21 22:52:17 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.560° N, 121.143° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 286 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.316 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 286 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 11
  4. 1.78 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 286 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.55 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 284 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.320 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 284 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.917 km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 284 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.76 km NNW of Hollister, CA · 283 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.59 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 282 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 281 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 281 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.318 km NNW of New Idria, CA · 281 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 280 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.114 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 280 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.614 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 276 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.215 km E of Seven Trees, CA · 275 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.63 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 274 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.84 km N of Corralitos, CA · 273 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 559
  22. 1.721 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 272 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.110 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 272 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.624 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.714 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.910 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 271 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 1.813 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 270 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.917 km WSW of Patterson, CA · 269 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.95 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 266 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.64 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 266 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.48 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.07 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.55 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.713 km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 264 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  35. 1.924 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 262 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.924 km E of San Ardo, CA · 262 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 3.414 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 261 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 13
  38. 1.913 km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 261 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 3.214 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.215 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.815 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.215 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.712 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.615 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 1.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.78 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 258 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.615 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 257 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.64 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 1.713 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 1.83 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 1.819 km NNE of New Idria, CA · 257 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.510 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 257 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.025 km E of San Ardo, CA · 256 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.64 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 256 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.110 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 255 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.65 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 1.831 km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 255 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 1.86 km WNW of Coalinga, CA · 255 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.05 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 254 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.811 km ENE of San Simeon, CA · 254 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 2.15 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.95 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.34 km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 40
  5. 2.04 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.613 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 288 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.320 km NE of San Lucas, CA · 288 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.110 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 290 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 290 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 14
  10. 1.64 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 291 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.815 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 291 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.99 km E of Gilroy, CA · 293 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.517 km SSW of Gustine, CA · 295 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.93 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 296 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.722 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 296 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.29 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 296 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.49 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 297 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.19 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 297 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 17
  19. 1.816 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 297 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.923 km S of Lopez Point, CA · 297 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75284401. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.