M2.3 earthquake 24 km ENE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.3 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Tue, Jan 1, 1974, 3:39 PM PST

UTC

1974-01-01 23:39:54 UTC

Depth

7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.538° N, 121.088° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

84°

Stations used

10

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast25 kmENE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast53 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast378 kmNW

After

1. 3.46 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 12:06 AM PST · 19267 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
2. 1.89 km NW of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 10:04 AM PST · 19267 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
3. 3.49 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 11:25 AM PST · 19267 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
4. 2.122 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 1:06 PM PST · 19267 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
5. 2.832 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 5:32 PM PST · 19267 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
6. 1.815 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 3:28 AM PST · 19266 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
7. 3.124 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 5:15 AM PST · 19266 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
8. 2.423 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 1:38 PM PST · 19266 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.810 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 4:15 PM PST · 19266 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
10. 2.727 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Jan 4, 8:12 PM PST · 19265 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
11. 1.66 km SW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 2:46 AM PST · 19264 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
12. 1.515 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 9:27 AM PST · 19264 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
13. 1.95 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 2:52 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
14. 2.716 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 5:12 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
15. 2.16 km SW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 6:35 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
16. 2.38 km SSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 7:06 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
17. 2.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 8:55 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
18. 1.929 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 9:06 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.923 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 6, 10:53 PM PDT · 19262 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.38 km N of Interlaken, CaliforniaMon, Jan 7, 3:38 AM PDT · 19262 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
21. 2.37 km SSW of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Jan 7, 9:30 AM PDT · 19262 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
22. 1.7Central CaliforniaMon, Jan 7, 3:22 PM PDT · 19262 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
23. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 7, 5:57 PM PDT · 19262 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
24. 1.924 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 7, 8:56 PM PDT · 19262 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
25. 2.3Central CaliforniaTue, Jan 8, 10:32 PM PDT · 19260 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
26. 2.326 km W of Volta, CaliforniaTue, Jan 8, 11:00 PM PDT · 19260 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
27. 1.827 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 9, 1:17 PM PDT · 19260 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
28. 3.010 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Jan 9, 2:08 PM PDT · 19260 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
29. 1.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 12:37 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
30. 2.824 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 2:27 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
31. 2.323 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 2:35 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
32. 3.525 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 3:55 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
33. 4.45 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 4:22 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
34. 2.423 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 4:37 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
35. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 4:38 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
36. 2.64 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 4:44 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
37. 1.84 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 5:21 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
38. 2.04 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 5:26 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
39. 3.024 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 5:53 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
40. 1.64 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 6:05 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
41. 1.99 km NE of Corralitos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 6:21 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
42. 2.65 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 7:29 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
43. 1.64 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 10:07 AM PDT · 19259 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
44. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 2:21 PM PDT · 19259 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
45. 1.910 km ESE of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 4:47 PM PDT · 19259 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
46. 3.024 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 4:26 AM PDT · 19258 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
47. 2.15 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 7:14 AM PDT · 19258 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
48. 2.55 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 7:22 AM PDT · 19258 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
49. 2.86 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 2:09 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
50. 1.910 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 3:44 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
51. 1.94 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 5:08 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
52. 3.07 km SSE of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 9:12 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
53. 1.920 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 3:56 AM PDT · 19257 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
54. 1.85 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 11:46 AM PDT · 19257 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
55. 3.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 5:31 PM PDT · 19257 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 4:28 AM PDT · 19256 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.220 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 4:28 AM PDT · 19256 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
58. 3.524 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 4:31 AM PDT · 19256 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
59. 2.14 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 5:02 AM PDT · 19256 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
60. 3.55 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 3:49 PM PDT · 19256 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.016 km N of San Simeon, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 7:00 AM PST · 19268 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
2. 2.43 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 1:35 AM PST · 19268 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
3. 1.723 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 31, 11:09 PM PST · 19268 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1018299. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC.