M2.9 earthquake 6 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA on Sun, Aug 9, 2026, 7:39 PM PDT (02:39 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 6 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
- 2.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-10 02:39:01 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.582° N, 121.173° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 since this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 44 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 43 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 43 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 43 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 43 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 34
- 2.66 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.324 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 42 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 42 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 41 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 41 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 39 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 38 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 38 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km E of Seven Trees, CA · 38 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 38 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 37 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 36 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 36 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 35 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 35 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.619 km NW of New Idria, CA · 35 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 33 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 32 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 32 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 32 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 32 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.727 km NW of San Simeon, CA · 32 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 31 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 31 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.84 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 31 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 30 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.822 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 27 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.024 km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 26 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 26 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 26 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.916 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 25 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.919 km W of New Idria, CA · 23 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 23 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 23 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 1.88 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 44 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 44 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.620 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 44 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 44 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.620 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 44 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.820 km S of Lopez Point, CA · 45 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.520 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA · 45 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Interlaken, CA · 45 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 45 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.85 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 45 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 45 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 45 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of San Ardo, CA · 46 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Coalinga, CA · 46 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.16 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75414997 (also filed as us6000tjix). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.