M1.8 earthquake 10 km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 3:21 PM PST (23:21 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10 km 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-28 23:21:50 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.597° N, 121.220° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 42
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 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99 km E of Alum Rock, CA · 249 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.114 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.714 km E of Pinnacles, CA · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Pinnacles, CA · 248 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 247 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.926 km NW of San Simeon, CA · 246 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Lopez Point, CA · 246 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 246 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 82
- 1.86 km SSW of Gilroy, CA · 246 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.717 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 245 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.617 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 245 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Westley, CA · 244 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
- 1.817 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 244 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.717 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 244 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 244 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 243 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 242 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.430 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 241 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.717 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 241 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.431 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 241 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.824 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 239 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.32 km E of Pinnacles, CA · 238 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 237 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.810 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 237 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.89 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA · 236 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 236 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 3.15 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 236 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 36
- 2.55 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 236 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.06 km SW of Ridgemark, CA · 236 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 236 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.04 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 234 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.729 km S of Lopez Point, CA · 233 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.913 km NNW of San Simeon, CA · 233 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 231 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.716 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 231 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 231 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.614 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 230 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.814 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 230 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km SE of Aromas, CA · 230 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Aromas, CA · 230 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of San Martin, CA · 229 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.112 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 229 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.96 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 228 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.724 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 228 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99 km E of Alum Rock, CA · 228 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 227 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of San Ardo, CA · 227 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.711 km NE of San Simeon, CA · 226 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Bonny Doon, CA · 226 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km E of Alum Rock, CA · 226 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.29 km E of Alum Rock, CA · 226 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.723 km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 225 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.717 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 224 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 223 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.216 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 223 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 223 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 222 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.82 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 222 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Patterson, CA · 221 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 2.02 km ENE of Aromas, CA · 249 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.716 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 250 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.415 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 250 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 252 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.71 km W of Pinnacles, CA · 254 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 254 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Coalinga, CA · 255 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.831 km SW of South Dos Palos, CA · 255 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 256 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 256 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 256 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.025 km E of San Ardo, CA · 257 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 257 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of New Idria, CA · 257 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.83 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 257 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.615 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 258 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 258 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75303421. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.