M2.2 earthquake 21 km NE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.2 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sun, Dec 5, 1976, 11:40 AM PST

UTC

1976-12-05 19:40:08 UTC

Depth

6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.559° N, 121.156° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

52°

Stations used

28

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast21 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast46 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast384 kmNW

After

1. 2.914 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 8:36 PM PST · 18200 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
2. 3.026 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 6, 3:57 AM PST · 18199 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
3. 2.016 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Dec 6, 5:06 PM PST · 18199 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
4. 1.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Dec 6, 11:05 PM PST · 18199 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.21 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Dec 6, 11:10 PM PST · 18199 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
6. 2.05 km NE of Interlaken, CaliforniaMon, Dec 6, 11:42 PM PST · 18199 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
7. 1.91 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 1:25 AM PST · 18199 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
8. 2.2Central CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 3:16 AM PST · 18198 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
9. 2.521 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 6:08 AM PST · 18198 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
10. 1.96 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 9:20 PM PST · 18198 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
11. 1.83 km SE of San Ardo, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 5:30 AM PST · 18197 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
12. 3.114 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 12:13 PM PST · 18197 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
13. 1.914 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 3:33 PM PST · 18197 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
14. 1.89 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 10:14 PM PST · 18197 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
15. 2.89 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaThu, Dec 9, 7:47 AM PST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
16. 1.79 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 9, 5:02 PM PST · 18196 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
17. 2.515 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 3:53 AM PST · 18195 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.09 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 5:44 AM PST · 18195 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
19. 2.210 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 5:44 AM PST · 18195 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
20. 1.68 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 3:14 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
21. 1.816 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 3:19 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
22. 2.816 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 3:21 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
23. 2.517 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 6:06 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
24. 1.916 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 6:17 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.19 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 6:52 PM PST · 18195 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.39 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 12:56 AM PST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
27. 2.08 km NE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 1:02 AM PST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
28. 1.727 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 4:37 AM PST · 18194 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
29. 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 9:30 AM PST · 18194 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
30. 3.223 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 1:31 PM PST · 18194 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
31. 1.69 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 11:49 PM PST · 18194 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
32. 2.19 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 12:41 PM PST · 18193 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
33. 1.627 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 1:46 PM PST · 18193 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
34. 3.321 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 4:05 PM PST · 18193 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
35. 3.33 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 6:26 PM PST · 18193 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
36. 1.621 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 3:38 AM PST · 18192 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
37. 2.130 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 4:20 AM PST · 18192 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.022 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 6:53 AM PST · 18192 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
39. 1.68 km NE of Interlaken, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 10:11 AM PST · 18192 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
40. 1.917 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 7:22 PM PST · 18192 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
41. 2.08 km NE of Interlaken, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 2:49 AM PST · 18191 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
42. 2.46 km NE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 8:16 AM PST · 18191 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
43. 2.810 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 9:19 AM PST · 18191 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
44. 2.25 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 4:31 PM PST · 18191 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
45. 1.731 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 9:39 PM PST · 18191 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
46. 2.117 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 1:09 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
47. 3.317 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 1:25 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
48. 1.810 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 6:27 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
49. 1.69 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 8:50 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
50. 2.66 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 7:30 AM PST · 18188 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
51. 1.76 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 8:06 AM PST · 18188 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
52. 1.614 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 5:55 PM PST · 18188 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
53. 2.09 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 8:48 AM PST · 18187 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
54. 3.311 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 11:55 AM PST · 18187 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
55. 2.811 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 12:01 PM PST · 18187 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
56. 1.97 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 2:26 PM PST · 18187 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
57. 2.728 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 5:26 PM PST · 18187 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.816 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 8:49 PM PST · 18187 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
59. 2.324 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 11:18 PM PST · 18187 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
60. 2.410 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 12:32 AM PST · 18187 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

1. 2.821 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 9:42 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.08 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 6:40 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
3. 2.118 km SSW of Twin Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 6:23 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
4. 1.7Central CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 5:57 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
5. 1.85 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 4:55 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
6. 1.65 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 4:53 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
7. 1.59 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 4:37 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.05 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 3:03 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
9. 2.56 km ENE of Interlaken, CASun, Dec 5, 2:04 AM PST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
10. 2.4Central CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 7:16 PM PST · 18201 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.7Central CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 6:18 AM PST · 18201 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
12. 1.923 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 10:04 PM PST · 18202 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.68 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 2:21 PM PST · 18202 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
14. 1.95 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 11:24 AM PST · 18202 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
15. 2.59 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 8:57 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
16. 1.820 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 6:41 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.25 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 6:20 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
18. 3.517 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 6:07 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
19. 3.021 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 5:59 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
20. 2.520 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 5:29 PM PST · 18203 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1032635. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.