M3.0 earthquake Central California

Magnitude

3.0 (md), micro

Local time

Mon, Apr 28, 1975, 11:00 AM PDT

UTC

1975-04-28 18:00:32 UTC

Depth

6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.048° N, 120.623° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.55

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

117°

Stations used

18

• San Ardo, CaliforniaPopulation 517. Forecast26 kmE
• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast26 kmWSW
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast109 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast310 kmNW

After

1. 2.511 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, May 2, 11:54 PM PDT · 18771 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
2. 2.623 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 2:00 AM PDT · 18771 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.124 km SW of Los Banos, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 5:52 AM PDT · 18770 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
4. 3.420 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 12:36 PM PDT · 18770 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
5. 1.613 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 11:21 PM PDT · 18770 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
6. 3.512 km SW of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 11:53 PM PDT · 18770 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
7. 3.423 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSun, May 4, 2:20 PM PDT · 18769 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
8. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 4, 2:27 PM PDT · 18769 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.510 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, May 4, 3:29 PM PDT · 18769 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
10. 2.520 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, May 4, 6:54 PM PDT · 18769 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.410 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, May 4, 7:26 PM PDT · 18769 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
12. 3.38 km S of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 5, 11:51 AM PDT · 18768 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
13. 1.711 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 5, 6:07 PM PDT · 18768 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
14. 2.423 km ENE of Soledad, CAMon, May 5, 9:38 PM PDT · 18768 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
15. 2.123 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, May 5, 10:08 PM PDT · 18768 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
16. 2.323 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 4:04 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
17. 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 4:42 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
18. 1.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 4:58 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.421 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 7:24 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
20. 2.2Central CaliforniaTue, May 6, 7:25 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
21. 2.623 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 9:56 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
22. 2.824 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 10:42 PM PDT · 18767 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
23. 1.823 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 7, 12:57 AM PDT · 18767 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
24. 2.924 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 7, 3:00 AM PDT · 18767 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.6Central CaliforniaWed, May 7, 4:34 AM PDT · 18766 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
26. 2.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, May 7, 6:22 PM PDT · 18766 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
27. 2.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 8, 12:18 AM PDT · 18766 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
28. 2.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, May 9, 3:34 AM PDT · 18765 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
29. 2.318 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, May 9, 12:49 PM PDT · 18764 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
30. 1.925 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 9, 1:47 PM PDT · 18764 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
31. 3.424 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, May 9, 3:47 PM PDT · 18764 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
32. 2.334 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 10, 4:48 AM PDT · 18763 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
33. 2.823 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 4:14 AM PDT · 18762 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
34. 2.410 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 9:09 AM PDT · 18762 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
35. 2.916 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 10:16 AM PDT · 18762 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
36. 3.923 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 2:06 PM PDT · 18762 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
37. 2.82 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 4:00 PM PDT · 18762 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
38. 2.524 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 7:04 PM PDT · 18762 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
39. 2.31 km SE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 8:15 PM PDT · 18762 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
40. 2.323 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, May 11, 10:51 PM PDT · 18762 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
41. 2.115 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, May 12, 2:01 AM PDT · 18762 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
42. 3.223 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 12, 10:12 PM PDT · 18761 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
43. 2.323 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 12:13 AM PDT · 18761 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
44. 2.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 12:15 AM PDT · 18761 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
45. 1.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 8:06 AM PDT · 18760 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
46. 2.630 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 8:34 PM PDT · 18760 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
47. 2.330 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 9:05 PM PDT · 18760 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
48. 2.623 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 9:59 PM PDT · 18760 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
49. 2.222 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 14, 3:49 AM PDT · 18760 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
50. 2.66 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, May 14, 1:54 PM PDT · 18759 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
51. 2.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 14, 2:42 PM PDT · 18759 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
52. 2.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 14, 9:05 PM PDT · 18759 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
53. 4.028 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 15, 11:05 PM PDT · 18758 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
54. 2.627 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 15, 11:17 PM PDT · 18758 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
55. 4.121 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 2:38 AM PDT · 18758 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
56. 1.827 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 5:02 PM PDT · 18757 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
57. 2.322 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, May 17, 11:30 AM PDT · 18756 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
58. 2.527 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, May 17, 1:57 PM PDT · 18756 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
59. 3.023 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 17, 3:50 PM PDT · 18756 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
60. 2.628 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, May 17, 6:16 PM PDT · 18756 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1023686. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.