M1.8 earthquake 16 km NW of Pinnacles, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 4:51 AM PDT

UTC

2026-08-20 11:51:21 UTC

Depth

5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.627° N, 121.274° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

30°

Stations used

55

• Gonzales, CaliforniaPopulation 8,473. Forecast20 kmNE
• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast23 kmNNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast34 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast397 kmNW

After

1. 1.59 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CAFri, Aug 21, 4:06 AM PDT · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
2. 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Aug 21, 4:42 AM PDT · 44 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.614 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Aug 21, 6:32 AM PDT · 44 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
4. 2.122 km NW of Parkfield, CAFri, Aug 21, 12:51 PM PDT · 44 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
5. 1.727 km NW of San Simeon, CAFri, Aug 21, 8:11 PM PDT · 44 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.210 km SSW of Ridgemark, CASat, Aug 22, 3:07 AM PDT · 43 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
7. 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CASat, Aug 22, 3:34 AM PDT · 43 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
8. 1.79 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CASat, Aug 22, 6:00 AM PDT · 43 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
9. 1.87 km WSW of Gilroy, CASun, Aug 23, 6:21 AM PDT · 42 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
10. 1.822 km SE of Pinnacles, CAWed, Aug 26, 3:45 AM PDT · 39 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
11. 2.024 km NE of Pinnacles, CAThu, Aug 27, 2:22 PM PDT · 38 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
12. 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CAThu, Aug 27, 10:36 PM PDT · 38 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
13. 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CAThu, Aug 27, 11:35 PM PDT · 38 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
14. 1.916 km S of Tres Pinos, CAFri, Aug 28, 1:56 PM PDT · 37 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.919 km W of New Idria, CASun, Aug 30, 2:37 PM PDT · 35 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
16. 1.68 km SE of Pinnacles, CASun, Aug 30, 5:45 PM PDT · 35 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
17. 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CASun, Aug 30, 11:08 PM PDT · 35 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
18. 1.510 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CATue, Sep 1, 1:39 PM PDT · 33 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
19. 1.812 km SW of Cantua Creek, CAWed, Sep 2, 8:32 AM PDT · 32 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
20. 1.814 km SW of Cantua Creek, CAWed, Sep 2, 2:43 PM PDT · 32 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
21. 2.23 km ENE of Pinnacles, CAThu, Sep 3, 12:58 PM PDT · 31 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
22. 1.85 km E of Pinnacles, CAThu, Sep 3, 12:58 PM PDT · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
23. 1.69 km W of Patterson, CAThu, Sep 3, 1:10 PM PDT · 31 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
24. 1.515 km E of Seven Trees, CAFri, Sep 4, 2:56 PM PDT · 30 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
25. 1.76 km NW of Pinnacles, CASat, Sep 5, 2:26 AM PDT · 29 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
26. 1.67 km SW of Gilroy, CASat, Sep 5, 4:36 AM PDT · 29 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
27. 1.67 km NNE of Aromas, CASat, Sep 5, 5:27 AM PDT · 29 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
28. 1.923 km NE of King City, CASat, Sep 5, 6:17 AM PDT · 29 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
29. 2.27 km SW of Gilroy, CASat, Sep 5, 7:59 AM PDT · 29 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
30. 1.812 km SE of Pinnacles, CASun, Sep 6, 9:18 AM PDT · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.28 km ENE of Gilroy, CAMon, Sep 7, 9:19 AM PDT · 27 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
32. 2.022 km NE of San Lucas, CATue, Sep 8, 7:28 AM PDT · 26 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
33. 1.62 km SSW of Hollister, CATue, Sep 8, 10:18 AM PDT · 26 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
34. 1.85 km N of Alum Rock, CAWed, Sep 9, 10:51 AM PDT · 25 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
35. 1.98 km NE of Alum Rock, CAWed, Sep 9, 3:54 PM PDT · 25 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
36. 1.51 km E of Aromas, CAThu, Sep 10, 1:59 AM PDT · 24 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
37. 1.65 km NW of Pinnacles, CAThu, Sep 10, 1:35 PM PDT · 24 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
38. 1.612 km NW of Parkfield, CAThu, Sep 10, 6:15 PM PDT · 24 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
39. 1.914 km ENE of Hollister, CASat, Sep 12, 2:17 PM PDT · 22 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
40. 2.321 km NW of Parkfield, CASun, Sep 13, 8:19 AM PDT · 21 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
41. 2.032 km NE of Pinnacles, CASun, Sep 13, 4:06 PM PDT · 21 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
42. 1.54 km NNW of Hollister, CASun, Sep 13, 4:45 PM PDT · 21 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
43. 1.711 km SW of King City, CATue, Sep 15, 2:05 PM PDT · 19 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
44. 1.56 km NW of Pinnacles, CATue, Sep 15, 6:43 PM PDT · 19 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
45. 1.910 km SE of Pinnacles, CATue, Sep 15, 7:26 PM PDT · 19 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
46. 1.56 km E of Pinnacles, CAWed, Sep 16, 8:13 AM PDT · 18 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
47. 1.731 km NE of Pinnacles, CAWed, Sep 16, 7:53 PM PDT · 18 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
48. 2.621 km E of Alum Rock, CAWed, Sep 16, 8:07 PM PDT · 18 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
49. 2.021 km NW of Parkfield, CASat, Sep 19, 3:54 PM PDT · 15 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
50. 1.53 km N of Aromas, CASat, Sep 19, 5:04 PM PDT · 15 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
51. 1.710 km SW of Tres Pinos, CATue, Sep 22, 1:50 AM PDT · 12 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
52. 2.62 km NW of Hollister, CAWed, Sep 23, 9:00 AM PDT · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 24
53. 1.75 km ESE of Interlaken, CAWed, Sep 23, 11:37 AM PDT · 11 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
54. 1.515 km WSW of Firebaugh, CAThu, Sep 24, 4:21 AM PDT · 10 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
55. 1.811 km SSW of La Selva Beach, CAThu, Sep 24, 10:54 AM PDT · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
56. 2.57 km SE of Pinnacles, CAThu, Sep 24, 11:27 AM PDT · 10 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
57. 2.18 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Sep 25, 9:27 AM PDT · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.95 km SE of Pinnacles, CASat, Sep 26, 6:36 PM PDT · 8 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
59. 3.327 km WSW of Westley, CASun, Sep 27, 7:21 AM PDT · 7 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 15
60. 2.626 km WSW of Westley, CASun, Sep 27, 7:40 AM PDT · 7 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

1. 1.619 km NW of New Idria, CATue, Aug 18, 7:33 PM PDT · 47 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
2. 1.68 km NNW of Pinnacles, CATue, Aug 18, 4:52 PM PDT · 47 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
3. 1.67 km NW of Pinnacles, CATue, Aug 18, 4:08 PM PDT · 47 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
4. 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CAMon, Aug 17, 6:13 AM PDT · 48 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
5. 1.96 km NNW of Pinnacles, CAMon, Aug 17, 4:11 AM PDT · 48 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
6. 1.96 km NW of Pinnacles, CASun, Aug 16, 11:24 AM PDT · 49 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
7. 1.94 km NW of Pinnacles, CASat, Aug 15, 7:18 PM PDT · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
8. 1.815 km E of Seven Trees, CASat, Aug 15, 12:35 PM PDT · 50 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
9. 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CASat, Aug 15, 6:03 AM PDT · 50 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.78 km ENE of Lopez Point, CASat, Aug 15, 6:02 AM PDT · 50 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
11. 1.56 km NW of Pinnacles, CAFri, Aug 14, 10:19 PM PDT · 51 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
12. 1.67 km NNW of Pinnacles, CAThu, Aug 13, 11:21 PM PDT · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
13. 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CAThu, Aug 13, 5:55 PM PDT · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
14. 1.87 km NNW of Pinnacles, CAThu, Aug 13, 2:26 AM PDT · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.19 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CAWed, Aug 12, 2:41 PM PDT · 53 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
16. 2.06 km NNW of Pinnacles, CAWed, Aug 12, 6:52 AM PDT · 53 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
17. 1.86 km NW of Pinnacles, CATue, Aug 11, 11:23 PM PDT · 54 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.324 km NW of Parkfield, CATue, Aug 11, 9:05 PM PDT · 54 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
19. 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CATue, Aug 11, 7:19 PM PDT · 54 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
20. 1.95 km NW of Pinnacles, CATue, Aug 11, 3:10 PM PDT · 54 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75421722. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.