M2.2 earthquake 21 km NE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.2 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Fri, Apr 19, 1974, 2:03 PM PDT

UTC

1974-04-19 21:03:11 UTC

Depth

2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.553° N, 121.149° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.46

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

86°

Stations used

10

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast21 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast47 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast383 kmNW

After

1. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 4:02 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
2. 2.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 1:30 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
3. 2.37 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 3:09 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
4. 2.55 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 8:55 AM PDT · 19160 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.35 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 1:05 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
6. 1.63 km WNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 5:07 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
7. 2.74 km ESE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 11:22 PM PDT · 19159 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
8. 1.97 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 6:26 AM PDT · 19159 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
9. 1.915 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 7:16 PM PDT · 19158 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
10. 3.82 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 10:26 PM PDT · 19158 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
11. 3.93 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:21 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
12. 3.03 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:24 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
13. 3.016 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 7:35 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
14. 2.714 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 7:47 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
15. 2.726 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 8:48 AM PDT · 19158 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
16. 1.68 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 1:20 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.514 km ENE of Gonzales, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 5:05 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
18. 2.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 9:19 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
19. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 10:17 PM PDT · 19157 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.110 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 7:57 AM PDT · 19157 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
21. 2.525 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 11:00 PM PDT · 19156 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
22. 2.86 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 5:48 AM PDT · 19156 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
23. 2.424 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 12:36 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
24. 4.426 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 9:40 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.423 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 10:50 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
26. 1.826 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:01 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
27. 1.826 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:16 PM PDT · 19155 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
28. 2.320 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 10:36 AM PDT · 19154 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
29. 3.822 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 12:05 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
30. 3.025 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 6:14 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
31. 2.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 8:08 PM PDT · 19154 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
32. 2.05 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 1:25 PM PDT · 19153 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
33. 1.95 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 12:39 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
34. 1.825 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 4:13 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
35. 3.89 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:20 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
36. 2.09 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:32 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
37. 1.822 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 8:32 AM PDT · 19153 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
38. 2.92 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 4:14 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
39. 2.923 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 5:38 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
40. 2.85 km NE of Lockwood, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 5:44 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
41. 2.125 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 7:44 AM PDT · 19152 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
42. 2.52 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 11:58 AM PDT · 19151 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
43. 3.0Central CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 6:59 PM PDT · 19151 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
44. 2.77 km N of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 2:47 PM PDT · 19150 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
45. 1.8Central CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 3:36 PM PDT · 19150 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
46. 4.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 10:45 PM PDT · 19150 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
47. 2.09 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 8:56 AM PDT · 19150 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
48. 3.320 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 10:15 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
49. 2.721 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 1:49 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
50. 2.53 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 2:36 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
51. 3.332 km WNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 9:34 AM PDT · 19149 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
52. 2.925 km NNE of King City, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 2:49 PM PDT · 19148 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
53. 3.425 km NNE of King City, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 8:10 PM PDT · 19148 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
54. 3.032 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 2:30 AM PDT · 19148 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
55. 2.022 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 4:12 AM PDT · 19148 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
56. 1.823 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 11:54 PM PDT · 19147 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
57. 1.95 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 12:08 AM PDT · 19147 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
58. 2.716 km SW of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:30 AM PDT · 19146 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
59. 3.724 km WNW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 4:54 PM PDT · 19146 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
60. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 8:08 PM PDT · 19146 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

1. 1.522 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 1:10 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.830 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 12:53 PM PDT · 19160 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
3. 4.25 km NE of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 8:32 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
4. 1.524 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 7:05 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
5. 3.825 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 6:56 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
6. 3.725 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 2:34 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
7. 1.88 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 1:46 AM PDT · 19161 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
8. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 8:32 PM PDT · 19161 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.0Central CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:24 PM PDT · 19161 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
10. 1.9Central CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 10:02 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
11. 1.85 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 7:11 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
12. 1.67 km NE of Aromas, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 5:40 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
13. 2.229 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 5:07 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.95 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 3:15 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
15. 2.35 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 3:15 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
16. 1.920 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:16 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
17. 2.25 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:40 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
18. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:21 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
19. 2.75 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 12:03 AM PDT · 19162 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
20. 2.916 km W of Oak Shores, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 10:17 PM PDT · 19162 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1019372. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.