M2.9 earthquake 10 km SSE of Livermore, California

Magnitude

2.9 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Apr 16, 1980, 1:58 AM PST

UTC

1980-04-16 09:58:47 UTC

Depth

6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.596° N, 121.706° 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

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

97°

Stations used

81

• Livermore, CaliforniaPopulation 88,126. Forecast11 kmSSE
• Fremont, CaliforniaPopulation 232,206. Forecast25 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast503 kmNW

After

1. 2.43 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 5:15 AM PST · 16967 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.94 km SSW of Muir Beach, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 3:20 AM PST · 16967 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
3. 2.516 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 1:21 PM PST · 16966 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
4. 2.111 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 1:45 PM PST · 16966 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
5. 1.59 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 7:24 PM PST · 16966 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
6. 1.89 km NNE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 7:21 AM PST · 16965 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
7. 1.89 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 11:36 AM PST · 16965 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
8. 2.39 km ESE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 2:25 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
9. 1.710 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 7:04 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
10. 1.712 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 7:41 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
11. 1.59 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 8:49 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
12. 1.79 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 9:59 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
13. 3.03 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 4:45 AM PST · 16965 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
14. 2.54 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 6:18 AM PST · 16964 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.412 km SW of Byron, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 7:44 AM PST · 16964 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
16. 1.95 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 8:18 AM PST · 16964 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.55 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 2:22 AM PST · 16964 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
18. 1.99 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 7:23 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
19. 2.45 km ESE of San Ramon, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 8:36 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
20. 2.00 km SW of San Ramon, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 8:55 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
21. 2.22 km NNW of Aromas, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 9:56 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
22. 1.66 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 1:54 AM PST · 16963 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
23. 2.32 km ESE of Pacifica, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 3:31 AM PST · 16963 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
24. 2.42 km SE of Pacifica, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 9:44 AM PST · 16962 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
25. 2.50 km SW of San Ramon, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 10:09 AM PST · 16962 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
26. 1.74 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:36 PM PST · 16962 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
27. 1.710 km N of Pittsburg, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 7:50 AM PST · 16961 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
28. 1.87 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 2:05 PM PST · 16961 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
29. 1.76 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 8:00 AM PST · 16960 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
30. 1.89 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:23 PM PST · 16960 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
31. 2.517 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 8:16 AM PST · 16959 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
32. 2.11 km SSW of San Ramon, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 12:33 PM PST · 16959 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
33. 1.68 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 7:45 PM PST · 16959 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
34. 1.79 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 7:45 PM PST · 16959 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
35. 2.618 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 4:51 AM PST · 16959 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
36. 1.92 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 6:15 AM PST · 16958 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
37. 1.65 km ENE of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 8:16 AM PST · 16958 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
38. 1.711 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 12:47 PM PST · 16958 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
39. 2.16 km E of Santa Venetia, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 4:32 PM PST · 16958 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
40. 3.113 km ESE of Alum Rock, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 11:36 PM PST · 16958 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
41. 2.0Northern CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 9:20 AM PST · 16957 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
42. 2.411 km NNE of Livermore, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 10:31 AM PST · 16957 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
43. 2.0Northern CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 3:06 PM PST · 16957 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
44. 1.9Northern CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 4:02 AM PDT · 16957 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
45. 1.95 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 4:06 AM PDT · 16957 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
46. 1.66 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 4:00 PM PDT · 16956 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
47. 1.91 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 7:12 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
48. 2.36 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 7:40 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
49. 1.76 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 9:49 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
50. 2.03 km S of Fairview, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 10:22 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
51. 3.33 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 11:21 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
52. 2.63 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 11:26 AM PDT · 16955 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
53. 2.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 7:51 PM PDT · 16955 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
54. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 4:15 AM PDT · 16954 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
55. 1.59 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 2:28 PM PDT · 16953 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
56. 2.98 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 8:28 PM PDT · 16953 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
57. 2.08 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 8:54 PM PDT · 16953 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
58. 2.36 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 11:21 PM PDT · 16953 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
59. 2.30 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, May 1, 7:00 AM PDT · 16952 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
60. 1.913 km W of Gustine, CaliforniaFri, May 2, 8:33 AM PDT · 16951 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

1. 2.54 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 15, 12:51 PM PST · 16968 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
2. 1.8Central CaliforniaTue, Apr 15, 12:55 AM PST · 16969 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.911 km SW of Byron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 14, 8:19 PM PST · 16969 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.14 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 14, 11:28 AM PST · 16969 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
5. 2.0Central CaliforniaMon, Apr 14, 8:09 AM PST · 16969 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
6. 3.15 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 14, 5:49 AM PST · 16969 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
7. 1.86 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Apr 14, 3:54 AM PST · 16970 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.77 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 10:48 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
9. 2.16 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 8:51 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
10. 2.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 8:20 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
11. 2.88 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 7:45 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
12. 1.75 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 7:12 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
13. 2.26 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 5:55 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
14. 2.36 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 5:49 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
15. 2.98 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 4:49 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
16. 2.24 km ENE of Fremont, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 4:42 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.24 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 4:40 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
18. 2.08 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 3:11 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
19. 3.28 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 3:08 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
20. 2.05 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Apr 13, 2:29 PM PST · 16970 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1052221 (also filed as usp00016p3). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC.