M2.0 earthquake Central California

Magnitude

2.0 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, Apr 18, 1974, 1:24 PM PDT

UTC

1974-04-18 20:24:11 UTC

Depth

3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.960° N, 121.589° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.28

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

66°

Stations used

10

• Gilroy, CaliforniaPopulation 53,231. Forecast5 kmSSW
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast32 kmN
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast443 kmNW

After

1. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 8:32 PM PDT · 19161 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.88 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 1:46 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
3. 3.725 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 2:34 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
4. 3.825 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 6:56 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
5. 1.524 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 7:05 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
6. 2.830 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 12:53 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
7. 1.522 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 1:10 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
8. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 2:03 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
9. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 4:02 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 1:30 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.37 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 3:09 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
12. 2.55 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 8:55 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.35 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 1:05 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.63 km WNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 5:07 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
15. 2.74 km ESE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 11:22 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
16. 1.97 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 6:26 AM PDT · 19159 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.915 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 7:16 PM PDT · 19158 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
18. 1.921 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 8:55 PM PDT · 19158 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
19. 3.82 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 10:26 PM PDT · 19158 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
20. 3.93 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:21 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
21. 3.03 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:24 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
22. 2.010 km N of Boulder Creek, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 2:02 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
23. 2.714 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 7:47 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
24. 1.68 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:20 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
25. 1.514 km ENE of Gonzales, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 5:05 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
26. 2.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 9:19 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
27. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 10:17 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
28. 2.110 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 7:57 AM PDT · 19157 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
29. 3.56 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 5:06 PM PDT · 19156 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
30. 2.525 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 11:00 PM PDT · 19156 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
31. 2.122 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 4:32 AM PDT · 19156 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
32. 2.86 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 5:48 AM PDT · 19156 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.424 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 12:36 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
34. 1.88 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 7:01 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
35. 1.77 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 7:03 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
36. 4.426 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 9:40 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
37. 2.423 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 10:50 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
38. 1.826 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:01 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
39. 1.826 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:16 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
40. 2.320 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 10:36 AM PDT · 19154 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
41. 3.822 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 12:05 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
42. 3.025 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 6:14 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
43. 2.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 8:08 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
44. 2.05 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 1:25 PM PDT · 19153 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
45. 1.95 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 12:39 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
46. 1.825 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 4:13 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
47. 3.89 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:20 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
48. 2.09 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:32 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
49. 1.822 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 8:32 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
50. 2.92 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 4:14 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
51. 2.923 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 5:38 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
52. 2.125 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 7:44 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
53. 2.015 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 5:09 PM PDT · 19151 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
54. 3.0Central CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 6:59 PM PDT · 19151 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
55. 1.8Central CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 3:36 PM PDT · 19150 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
56. 4.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 10:45 PM PDT · 19150 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
57. 1.88 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 1:13 AM PDT · 19150 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
58. 2.09 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 8:56 AM PDT · 19150 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
59. 2.53 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 2:36 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
60. 2.110 km SW of Pescadero, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 4:17 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

1. 1.9Central CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 10:02 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
2. 1.85 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 7:11 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.67 km NE of Aromas, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 5:40 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.229 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 5:07 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
5. 2.95 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 3:15 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.35 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 3:15 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.920 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:16 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
8. 2.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:40 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
9. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:21 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.75 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:03 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
11. 2.19 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 8:17 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
12. 1.95 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 7:04 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
13. 2.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 3:34 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.15 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 3:08 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
15. 2.4Central CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 1:22 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
16. 2.45 km NNE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 1:01 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
17. 2.05 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 12:49 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
18. 3.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 12:30 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
19. 2.317 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 11:10 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
20. 2.03 km W of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 1:37 AM PDT · 19163 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1019358. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.