M2.7 earthquake 5 km NW of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Pinnacles, CA on Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:09 AM PDT (12:09 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 27 km WSW of Westley, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-11 12:09:29 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.569° N, 121.175° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- 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: 95 since this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.324 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 50 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 49 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 49 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 49 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 48 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 48 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 47 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815 km E of Seven Trees, CA · 46 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 46 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 43 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 43 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.619 km NW of New Idria, CA · 43 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 41 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 40 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 40 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.727 km NW of San Simeon, CA · 40 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 40 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 39 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.84 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 39 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km WSW of Gilroy, CA · 38 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.822 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 35 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.024 km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 34 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 34 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 34 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.916 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 33 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.919 km W of New Idria, CA · 31 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 31 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA · 29 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 28 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA · 28 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.23 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 27 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.85 km E of Pinnacles, CA · 27 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.69 km W of Patterson, CA · 27 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km E of Seven Trees, CA · 26 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 26 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Gilroy, CA · 25 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Aromas, CA · 25 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.923 km NE of King City, CA · 25 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Gilroy, CA · 25 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Gilroy, CA · 23 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.022 km NE of San Lucas, CA · 22 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Hollister, CA · 22 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.51 km E of Aromas, CA · 21 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 20 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 50 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 34
- 1.97 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 51 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 51 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 52 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.96 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SSW of Ridgemark, CA · 52 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75415817 (also filed as us6000tjx6). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.