M2.8 earthquake 5 km NW of Pinnacles, CA

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Sat, Aug 8, 2026, 4:58 PM PDT (23:58 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 6 km NW of Pinnacles, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.77	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Preliminary · ±0.12 · 45 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Confirmed · ±0.043 · 70 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 since this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 126.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75414312 (also filed as us6000tjbt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.