M2.5 earthquake 8 km ENE of Milpitas, California

Magnitude

2.5 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Nov 9, 1977, 2:27 PM PST

UTC

1977-11-09 22:27:40 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.465° N, 121.819° 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

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

35

• Milpitas, CaliforniaPopulation 77,604. Forecast9 kmENE
• San Jose, CaliforniaPopulation 997,368. Forecast16 kmNNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast498 kmNW

After

1. 1.710 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Nov 11, 11:56 AM PST · 17847 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
2. 2.210 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Nov 11, 4:34 PM PST · 17847 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
3. 1.819 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Nov 12, 1:43 AM PST · 17847 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.51 km NE of Diablo, CaliforniaSun, Nov 13, 7:23 AM PST · 17845 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
5. 2.08 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Nov 13, 6:55 PM PST · 17845 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
6. 1.62 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaMon, Nov 14, 1:33 PM PST · 17844 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
7. 1.68 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Nov 14, 10:14 PM PST · 17844 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
8. 1.63 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Nov 16, 1:53 AM PST · 17843 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.51 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Nov 16, 12:12 PM PST · 17842 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
10. 2.216 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaWed, Nov 16, 10:08 PM PST · 17842 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
11. 1.94 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Nov 17, 7:54 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
12. 1.84 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Nov 19, 1:47 AM PST · 17840 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.6Northern CaliforniaSat, Nov 19, 10:36 AM PST · 17839 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.06 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Nov 19, 4:23 PM PST · 17839 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
15. 1.86 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Nov 20, 11:15 PM PST · 17838 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
16. 1.6Northern CaliforniaTue, Nov 22, 11:33 PM PST · 17836 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
17. 1.99 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Nov 23, 3:20 PM PST · 17835 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
18. 1.516 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Nov 24, 2:10 PM PST · 17834 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
19. 2.54 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Nov 24, 6:43 PM PST · 17834 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
20. 3.34 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Nov 25, 8:31 PM PST · 17833 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
21. 2.54 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSat, Nov 26, 12:30 PM PST · 17832 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
22. 1.912 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Nov 27, 11:19 PM PST · 17831 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
23. 2.79 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Nov 28, 12:06 AM PST · 17831 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
24. 2.29 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Nov 28, 6:24 AM PST · 17830 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
25. 1.69 km NE of Corralitos, CaliforniaMon, Nov 28, 7:31 AM PST · 17830 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
26. 1.911 km ESE of Suisun, CaliforniaWed, Nov 30, 11:50 AM PST · 17828 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
27. 2.47 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Nov 30, 7:52 PM PST · 17828 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
28. 2.18 km SE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Dec 2, 4:16 AM PST · 17826 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
29. 1.622 km SSW of Los Banos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 2, 9:00 AM PST · 17826 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
30. 2.08 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Dec 2, 12:35 PM PST · 17826 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.18 km SE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Dec 2, 2:38 PM PST · 17826 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
32. 2.27 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Dec 2, 11:56 PM PST · 17826 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
33. 1.78 km W of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Dec 4, 6:03 AM PST · 17824 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
34. 1.62 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Dec 4, 4:18 PM PST · 17824 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
35. 1.71 km NNE of East Richmond Heights, CaliforniaSun, Dec 4, 5:20 PM PST · 17824 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
36. 1.61 km NNW of Pleasant Hill, CaliforniaMon, Dec 5, 12:17 PM PST · 17823 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
37. 1.84 km NE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 6, 1:42 AM PST · 17823 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
38. 1.74 km NNE of San Leandro, CaliforniaTue, Dec 6, 5:25 AM PST · 17822 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
39. 2.36 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaTue, Dec 6, 8:47 PM PST · 17822 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
40. 1.710 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaWed, Dec 7, 2:38 AM PST · 17822 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
41. 2.414 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Dec 7, 6:49 AM PST · 17821 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
42. 3.03 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Dec 7, 10:38 AM PST · 17821 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
43. 2.63 km ENE of Berkeley, CaliforniaThu, Dec 8, 10:04 AM PST · 17820 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
44. 1.72 km ENE of Berkeley, CaliforniaThu, Dec 8, 10:09 AM PST · 17820 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
45. 1.98 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Dec 8, 10:48 AM PST · 17820 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
46. 2.75 km WNW of Broadmoor, CaliforniaThu, Dec 8, 6:26 PM PST · 17820 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
47. 1.89 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaThu, Dec 8, 7:32 PM PST · 17820 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
48. 1.613 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Dec 9, 3:24 AM PST · 17819 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
49. 1.53 km E of Interlaken, CaliforniaFri, Dec 9, 6:48 AM PST · 17819 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
50. 2.512 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Dec 10, 3:36 PM PST · 17818 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
51. 1.95 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 10:49 AM PST · 17817 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
52. 2.02 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 11:17 AM PST · 17817 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
53. 2.55 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 2:35 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
54. 3.612 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 5:11 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
55. 1.712 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 5:40 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
56. 2.412 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 5:46 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
57. 1.96 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Dec 11, 9:00 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
58. 2.15 km WNW of Broadmoor, CaliforniaMon, Dec 12, 4:53 PM PST · 17816 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
59. 1.84 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Dec 14, 4:01 AM PST · 17814 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
60. 1.75 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Dec 14, 8:35 AM PST · 17814 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

1. 1.518 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Nov 8, 5:59 PM PST · 17850 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.03 km WNW of Emeryville, CaliforniaSun, Nov 6, 6:22 AM PST · 17852 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
3. 2.2Northern CaliforniaSat, Nov 5, 4:03 PM PST · 17853 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.69 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaSat, Nov 5, 3:54 PM PST · 17853 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
5. 2.59 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Nov 5, 5:23 AM PST · 17853 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
6. 2.14 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Nov 5, 1:35 AM PST · 17854 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
7. 2.08 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaSat, Nov 5, 1:31 AM PST · 17854 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
8. 2.18 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Nov 4, 11:20 PM PST · 17854 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
9. 1.99 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaThu, Nov 3, 10:27 PM PST · 17855 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
10. 1.912 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaThu, Nov 3, 5:12 AM PST · 17855 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.410 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Nov 2, 12:24 PM PST · 17856 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.67 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaTue, Nov 1, 6:49 PM PST · 17857 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
13. 2.66 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Oct 31, 9:05 PM PST · 17858 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.96 km WNW of Broadmoor, CaliforniaMon, Oct 31, 8:13 PM PST · 17858 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
15. 3.15 km WNW of Broadmoor, CaliforniaMon, Oct 31, 8:06 PM PST · 17858 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
16. 3.58 km S of Green Valley, CaliforniaMon, Oct 31, 4:04 PM PST · 17858 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
17. 1.82 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Oct 29, 4:16 AM PDT · 17860 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
18. 2.19 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 28, 6:29 PM PDT · 17861 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
19. 1.912 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Oct 28, 7:53 AM PDT · 17861 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
20. 2.218 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Oct 27, 6:19 PM PDT · 17862 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1037645. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.