M1.5 earthquake 12 km E of Blackhawk, California

Magnitude

1.5 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Jan 26, 1980, 12:13 PM PST

UTC

1980-01-26 20:13:01 UTC

Depth

13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.813° N, 121.770° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

73°

Stations used

21

• Blackhawk, CaliforniaPopulation 9,354. Forecast12 kmE
• Livermore, CaliforniaPopulation 88,126. Forecast15 kmN
• Antioch, CaliforniaPopulation 110,542. Forecast22 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast525 kmNW

After

1. 2.211 km SSW of Brentwood, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 3:28 PM PST · 17036 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
2. 1.94 km NNE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 4:09 PM PST · 17036 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
3. 2.23 km NNE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 4:10 PM PST · 17036 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.311 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:30 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
5. 2.510 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:31 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
6. 1.710 km E of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:32 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
7. 1.59 km WSW of Brentwood, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:47 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.611 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 3:26 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.19 km NNE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 5:53 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.612 km N of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 1:05 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.06 km SE of Lexington Hills, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:06 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.811 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 3:59 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.410 km SW of Brentwood, CAFri, Feb 1, 9:54 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
14. 1.63 km SW of Davenport, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 12:48 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
15. 1.610 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 1:28 AM PST · 17034 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
16. 1.89 km E of Livermore, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 5:16 AM PST · 17034 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.15 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 5:34 AM PST · 17034 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
18. 1.76 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 7:14 AM PST · 17034 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
19. 1.610 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 5:39 PM PST · 17034 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
20. 1.810 km SW of Brentwood, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 5:43 PM PST · 17034 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
21. 1.611 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 4:29 AM PST · 17033 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.511 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 7:34 AM PST · 17033 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
23. 1.98 km NE of Livermore, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 11:07 AM PST · 17033 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
24. 1.69 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 11:36 AM PST · 17033 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
25. 2.010 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 1:48 PM PST · 17033 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
26. 3.315 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 5:22 PM PST · 17033 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
27. 1.915 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 3:21 AM PST · 17032 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
28. 1.911 km E of Livermore, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 8:45 AM PST · 17032 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
29. 2.211 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 3:19 PM PST · 17032 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
30. 2.511 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 3:22 PM PST · 17032 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
31. 1.79 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 4:52 PM PST · 17032 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
32. 1.85 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 6:30 PM PST · 17032 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
33. 1.67 km WSW of Byron, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 1:41 AM PST · 17031 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
34. 2.211 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 2:35 AM PST · 17031 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
35. 1.69 km NNE of Livermore, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 5:47 AM PST · 17031 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
36. 1.97 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 3:45 PM PST · 17031 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
37. 2.69 km N of Livermore, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 5:09 PM PST · 17031 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
38. 1.611 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 9:28 PM PST · 17031 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
39. 2.511 km SW of Brentwood, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 9:11 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
40. 2.57 km NNE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 9:35 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
41. 1.915 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 2:29 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
42. 1.612 km E of Lexington Hills, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 3:06 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
43. 1.612 km WSW of Byron, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 6:17 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
44. 2.712 km SW of Byron, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 6:28 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
45. 2.312 km SW of Byron, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 10:47 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
46. 1.93 km S of Diablo, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 12:33 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
47. 1.88 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 6:27 AM PST · 17029 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
48. 1.910 km ESE of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 6:59 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
49. 1.68 km NE of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 7:20 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
50. 2.511 km E of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 7:23 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
51. 1.85 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 7:43 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
52. 2.11 km WSW of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 7:45 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
53. 2.17 km NW of Bayview, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 2:00 AM PST · 17028 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
54. 2.08 km ESE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 3:43 AM PST · 17028 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
55. 1.69 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 1:55 PM PST · 17028 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
56. 1.7Northern CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 2:03 PM PST · 17028 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
57. 2.411 km SW of Brentwood, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 2:40 PM PST · 17028 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
58. 2.49 km NNE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 4:05 PM PST · 17028 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
59. 2.16 km E of Santa Venetia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 4:52 PM PST · 17028 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
60. 2.19 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaSat, Feb 9, 2:22 AM PST · 17027 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1050413. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.