M1.6 earthquake 4 km WNW of Pinnacles, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 4:20 AM PDT

UTC

2026-03-09 11:20:07 UTC

Depth

5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.545° N, 121.180° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

66°

Stations used

41

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast19 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast45 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast384 kmNW

After

1. 2.023 km NNW of San Simeon, CAWed, Mar 11, 10:52 AM PDT · 205 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
2. 2.58 km ENE of Gilroy, CAThu, Mar 12, 11:51 AM PDT · 204 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
3. 2.822 km NNE of San Ardo, CAFri, Mar 13, 8:27 AM PDT · 203 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
4. 2.023 km NNE of San Ardo, CAFri, Mar 13, 8:28 AM PDT · 203 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
5. 1.923 km NNE of San Ardo, CAFri, Mar 13, 7:58 PM PDT · 203 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
6. 1.714 km S of Tres Pinos, CAFri, Mar 13, 10:14 PM PDT · 202 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
7. 1.67 km WSW of Gilroy, CASat, Mar 14, 10:50 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
8. 1.612 km SE of Pinnacles, CASun, Mar 15, 7:51 AM PDT · 201 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
9. 1.610 km NW of Parkfield, CASun, Mar 15, 3:18 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.723 km NW of Parkfield, CASun, Mar 15, 4:23 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
11. 1.711 km NW of Parkfield, CASun, Mar 15, 5:56 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.520 km SW of Gustine, CASun, Mar 15, 10:12 PM PDT · 200 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
13. 1.620 km SW of Gustine, CASun, Mar 15, 10:18 PM PDT · 200 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.611 km NNW of Lopez Point, CAMon, Mar 16, 2:06 PM PDT · 200 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
15. 2.017 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CAMon, Mar 16, 7:20 PM PDT · 200 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
16. 2.316 km NW of Pacific Grove, CATue, Mar 17, 3:00 AM PDT · 199 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
17. 3.38 km ENE of Gilroy, CATue, Mar 17, 6:48 AM PDT · 199 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 61
18. 2.524 km ENE of San Ardo, CATue, Mar 17, 8:23 PM PDT · 199 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
19. 2.28 km ENE of Gilroy, CAWed, Mar 18, 4:33 AM PDT · 198 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
20. 1.715 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CAWed, Mar 18, 6:42 AM PDT · 198 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
21. 2.54 km SW of San Juan Bautista, CAWed, Mar 18, 10:53 AM PDT · 198 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
22. 1.612 km NNW of Hollister, CAThu, Mar 19, 2:21 AM PDT · 197 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
23. 1.915 km S of Tres Pinos, CAThu, Mar 19, 5:28 AM PDT · 197 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
24. 1.83 km E of Aromas, CAThu, Mar 19, 11:02 AM PDT · 197 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
25. 2.113 km S of Tres Pinos, CAFri, Mar 20, 7:08 AM PDT · 196 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
26. 1.611 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Mar 20, 2:03 PM PDT · 196 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
27. 1.58 km ENE of Gilroy, CAFri, Mar 20, 4:54 PM PDT · 196 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
28. 1.911 km NW of Pinnacles, CASat, Mar 21, 6:07 AM PDT · 195 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
29. 2.111 km SE of Pinnacles, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:52 PM PDT · 193 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
30. 1.611 km SE of Pinnacles, CAMon, Mar 23, 2:55 PM PDT · 193 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
31. 1.630 km SW of South Dos Palos, CATue, Mar 24, 4:05 AM PDT · 192 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
32. 1.710 km NW of Parkfield, CATue, Mar 24, 7:06 PM PDT · 192 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
33. 2.515 km N of Morgan Hill, CAWed, Mar 25, 1:45 PM PDT · 191 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
34. 2.113 km NNW of San Simeon, CAThu, Mar 26, 10:19 PM PDT · 189 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
35. 1.923 km ENE of San Ardo, CAFri, Mar 27, 11:06 AM PDT · 189 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
36. 1.89 km NW of Pinnacles, CASat, Mar 28, 12:25 AM PDT · 188 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
37. 1.718 km S of Cantua Creek, CASat, Mar 28, 6:46 PM PDT · 188 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
38. 1.77 km WNW of Pinnacles, CASun, Mar 29, 3:27 AM PDT · 187 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
39. 1.91 km WSW of Pinnacles, CASun, Mar 29, 5:08 PM PDT · 187 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
40. 1.86 km SE of Pinnacles, CASun, Mar 29, 11:22 PM PDT · 186 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
41. 1.815 km NW of Pinnacles, CAMon, Mar 30, 1:34 PM PDT · 186 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
42. 1.619 km NW of Parkfield, CATue, Mar 31, 6:24 PM PDT · 185 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
43. 1.810 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CAWed, Apr 1, 4:45 PM PDT · 184 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
44. 1.65 km ENE of Pinnacles, CAWed, Apr 1, 4:54 PM PDT · 184 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
45. 1.88 km NNE of Pinnacles, CAWed, Apr 1, 4:54 PM PDT · 184 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
46. 2.224 km SE of Pinnacles, CAThu, Apr 2, 11:24 AM PDT · 183 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
47. 1.68 km ENE of Gilroy, CAThu, Apr 2, 8:55 PM PDT · 182 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
48. 2.66 km SW of Gilroy, CAFri, Apr 3, 12:51 AM PDT · 182 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 47
49. 1.926 km NW of San Simeon, CAFri, Apr 3, 6:46 AM PDT · 182 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
50. 1.712 km NNE of Coalinga, CAFri, Apr 3, 9:53 AM PDT · 182 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
51. 1.812 km SE of Pinnacles, CAFri, Apr 3, 11:17 AM PDT · 182 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
52. 1.516 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Apr 3, 2:08 PM PDT · 182 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
53. 1.57 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Apr 3, 9:03 PM PDT · 181 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
54. 1.629 km SSE of Lopez Point, CASat, Apr 4, 8:44 AM PDT · 181 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
55. 1.74 km NNE of Lopez Point, CASun, Apr 5, 7:51 AM PDT · 180 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
56. 1.610 km NNE of Pinnacles, CASun, Apr 5, 11:35 AM PDT · 180 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.711 km SW of Ridgemark, CASun, Apr 5, 2:25 PM PDT · 180 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
58. 1.86 km SW of Gilroy, CASun, Apr 5, 2:28 PM PDT · 180 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
59. 1.812 km WSW of San Ardo, CAThu, Apr 9, 3:51 AM PDT · 176 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
60. 1.915 km N of New Idria, CAThu, Apr 9, 7:08 PM PDT · 176 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

1. 1.812 km SSE of Lopez Point, CAMon, Mar 9, 3:00 AM PDT · 207 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
2. 2.519 km SW of Gustine, CAMon, Mar 9, 2:21 AM PDT · 207 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
3. 1.521 km SW of Gustine, CASun, Mar 8, 11:18 AM PDT · 208 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
4. 1.721 km SW of Gustine, CASun, Mar 8, 9:29 AM PDT · 208 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
5. 1.72 km SW of San Ardo, CASat, Mar 7, 9:03 PM PST · 208 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
6. 1.620 km NE of Morgan Hill, CASat, Mar 7, 6:30 PM PST · 209 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
7. 1.91 km E of Pinnacles, CASat, Mar 7, 8:11 AM PST · 209 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.51 km SW of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, CASat, Mar 7, 5:22 AM PST · 209 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 122
9. 2.822 km SW of South Dos Palos, CAFri, Mar 6, 11:09 PM PST · 209 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
10. 2.514 km S of Tres Pinos, CAThu, Mar 5, 10:56 PM PST · 210 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.212 km NE of Coalinga, CAThu, Mar 5, 6:59 PM PST · 211 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.312 km NE of Coalinga, CAThu, Mar 5, 4:54 PM PST · 211 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
13. 2.012 km NNE of Coalinga, CAThu, Mar 5, 4:45 PM PST · 211 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
14. 2.414 km WNW of Huron, CAThu, Mar 5, 3:56 PM PST · 211 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
15. 1.910 km NW of Pinnacles, CAWed, Mar 4, 2:22 AM PST · 212 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
16. 2.13 km ESE of Aromas, CAMon, Mar 2, 11:21 AM PST · 214 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
17. 3.410 km NW of Pinnacles, CAMon, Mar 2, 7:17 AM PST · 214 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 28
18. 1.615 km E of Seven Trees, CAMon, Mar 2, 6:53 AM PST · 214 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
19. 2.56 km E of Cantua Creek, CASun, Mar 1, 5:41 PM PST · 215 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
20. 2.53 km SE of Aromas, CASun, Mar 1, 2:56 PM PST · 215 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75324952. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.