M2.3 earthquake 10 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Pinnacles, CA on Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:58 AM PDT (09:58 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-10-02 09:58:07 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.457° N, 121.083° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 since this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
Before
- 2.011 km NW of Parkfield, CA · 8 hr ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.08 km N of Coalinga, CA · 18 hr ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 22 hr ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 31 hr ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of San Lucas, CA · 3 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Hollister, CA · 3 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Huron, CA · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622 km SW of New Idria, CA · 4 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.316 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 5 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 6 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 7 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 8 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of La Selva Beach, CA · 8 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Firebaugh, CA · 8 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Chualar, CA · 9 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Templeton, CA · 9 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Interlaken, CA · 9 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.62 km NW of Hollister, CA · 9 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 24
- 1.910 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 10 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.516 km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 10 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75442786. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC.