M2.3 earthquake 20 km SE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Pinnacles, CA on Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 5:16 AM PST (13:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-24 13:16:44 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.405° N, 120.992° 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
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km NNE of Coalinga, CA · 284 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Hollister, CA · 283 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.87 km W of Templeton, CA · 283 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 33
- 1.710 km NNW of Lemoore Station, CA · 282 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.19 km S of Lanare, CA · 282 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.210 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 282 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 282 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.510 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 281 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 281 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 281 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.318 km NNW of New Idria, CA · 281 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.75 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 280 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 280 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.614 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 276 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 274 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 1.721 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 272 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.110 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 272 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Huron, CA · 271 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 271 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.31 km E of Huron, CA · 270 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.813 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 270 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 266 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 266 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Cayucos, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 265 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.713 km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 264 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km N of Cholame, CA · 264 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 262 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.924 km E of San Ardo, CA · 262 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.414 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 261 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 13
- 1.913 km NNE of Tres Pinos, CA · 261 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 261 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.710 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 261 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 260 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NNW of Avenal, CA · 260 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.214 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.215 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.815 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.215 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 260 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.712 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.615 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 258 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.615 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 257 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.83 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of New Idria, CA · 257 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 257 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.025 km E of San Ardo, CA · 256 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 256 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 255 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.39 km N of Cambria, CA · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.88 km N of Cambria, CA · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.831 km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 255 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 2.55 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 284 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 285 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 286 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.316 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 286 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 11
- 1.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 286 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km N of Pinnacles, CA · 287 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Stratford, CA · 287 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Ridgemark, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 40
- 2.04 km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 287 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 1.613 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 288 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Lake Nacimiento, CA · 288 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.320 km NE of San Lucas, CA · 288 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 2.110 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 290 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 290 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 14
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75285681. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.