M1.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

1.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, Jul 25, 1979, 6:51 PM PDT

UTC

1979-07-26 01:51:20 UTC

Depth

2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.562° N, 121.154° 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

80°

Stations used

18

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast22 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast47 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast384 kmNW

After

1. 2.127 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jul 26, 8:29 PM PDT · 17237 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
2. 1.824 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 3:17 AM PDT · 17236 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
3. 1.825 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 3:52 AM PDT · 17236 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
4. 1.920 km SSW of Twin Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 8:22 PM PDT · 17236 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.514 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 10:05 PM PDT · 17236 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
6. 2.627 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 10:46 PM PDT · 17236 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.310 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 2:29 PM PDT · 17235 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
8. 1.710 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 7:14 PM PDT · 17235 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
9. 2.111 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 8:41 PM PDT · 17235 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.016 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 6:52 AM PDT · 17234 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
11. 2.523 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 5:33 PM PDT · 17234 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
12. 1.623 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 8:10 PM PDT · 17234 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
13. 1.83 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 5:07 AM PDT · 17233 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
14. 1.62 km SE of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 10:07 AM PDT · 17233 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
15. 1.68 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 2:27 AM PDT · 17233 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
16. 1.623 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 5:47 PM PDT · 17232 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
17. 2.56 km W of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 2:12 AM PDT · 17232 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
18. 2.32 km NW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 3:48 AM PDT · 17231 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
19. 2.09 km W of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 4:26 AM PDT · 17231 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
20. 2.424 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 6:22 AM PDT · 17231 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
21. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 12:27 PM PDT · 17231 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.17 km SSW of San Ardo, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 1:20 PM PDT · 17231 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
23. 2.223 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 8:22 PM PDT · 17231 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
24. 1.67 km SW of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 10:08 PM PDT · 17231 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
25. 3.03 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 7:16 AM PDT · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
26. 2.13 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 11:19 AM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
27. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 12:52 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
28. 1.97 km E of Big Sur, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 1:15 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
29. 3.13 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 1:41 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
30. 3.05 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CAThu, Aug 2, 1:52 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
31. 3.93 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 2:43 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
32. 1.93 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 2:55 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
33. 2.55 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 3:08 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
34. 2.13 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 3:56 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
35. 1.825 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 4:12 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
36. 2.43 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 4:14 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
37. 2.13 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 4:51 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
38. 3.05 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 7:42 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
39. 1.85 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 9:41 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
40. 1.611 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 10:39 PM PDT · 17230 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
41. 1.736 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaFri, Aug 3, 5:15 AM PDT · 17229 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
42. 1.63 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Aug 3, 11:14 AM PDT · 17229 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
43. 2.36 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 2:36 AM PDT · 17229 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
44. 1.75 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 5:43 PM PDT · 17228 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
45. 2.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 1:41 AM PDT · 17228 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
46. 2.05 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 12:39 AM PDT · 17227 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
47. 2.65 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 3:51 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
48. 2.5Central CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 7:43 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
49. 5.8The 1979 Coyote Lake, California EarthquakeMon, Aug 6, 10:05 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
50. 3.811 km E of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 10:10 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
51. 1.68 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 10:21 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
52. 3.39 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 10:22 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
53. 1.59 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 10:27 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
54. 1.87 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 11:03 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
55. 2.09 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 11:15 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
56. 2.79 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 11:17 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
57. 2.28 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 11:21 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
58. 1.67 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 11:30 AM PDT · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
59. 2.08 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 1:11 PM PDT · 17226 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
60. 1.79 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Aug 6, 1:45 PM PDT · 17226 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 2.411 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 11:10 AM PDT · 17238 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
2. 2.412 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 9:55 AM PDT · 17238 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
3. 1.714 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 7:05 AM PDT · 17238 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.727 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 5:13 AM PDT · 17238 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.8Central CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 11:22 AM PDT · 17239 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.81 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 1:55 AM PDT · 17240 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
7. 2.42 km S of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 1:49 AM PDT · 17240 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
8. 2.52 km SSW of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 1:42 AM PDT · 17240 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
9. 2.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jul 23, 10:42 PM PDT · 17240 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
10. 1.722 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jul 23, 9:25 PM PDT · 17240 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
11. 1.623 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Jul 23, 5:21 AM PDT · 17240 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
12. 3.013 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 12:36 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
13. 1.85 km ESE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 5:48 PM PDT · 17242 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
14. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 10:56 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
15. 1.51 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 9:53 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
16. 1.85 km ESE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 9:37 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
17. 2.224 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 9:11 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.913 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 7:35 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jul 19, 11:24 AM PDT · 17244 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.223 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jul 17, 6:38 PM PDT · 17246 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1046755. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.