M2.5 earthquake 26 km ENE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.5 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, Dec 21, 1980, 3:23 PM PST

UTC

1980-12-21 23:23:39 UTC

Depth

6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.498° N, 121.046° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

74°

Stations used

48

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast26 kmENE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast58 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast372 kmNW

After

1. 1.9Northern CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 5:18 PM PST · 16710 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
2. 2.626 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Dec 22, 12:29 AM PST · 16710 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.626 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 22, 1:30 AM PST · 16710 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
4. 1.726 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 23, 2:48 PM PST · 16708 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
5. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 23, 7:08 PM PST · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
6. 1.715 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 12:40 AM PST · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 1:21 AM PST · 16708 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
8. 3.410 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 4:00 AM PST · 16708 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
9. 3.210 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 4:08 AM PST · 16708 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
10. 1.615 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Dec 25, 1:37 AM PST · 16707 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
11. 1.68 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Dec 26, 6:11 AM PST · 16706 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
12. 1.627 km NNE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Dec 26, 9:46 PM PST · 16705 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.325 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 26, 10:00 PM PST · 16705 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.212 km W of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Dec 27, 12:22 PM PST · 16705 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
15. 2.010 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Dec 27, 2:45 PM PST · 16704 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
16. 1.515 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 30, 7:51 AM PST · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
17. 1.715 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 30, 8:19 AM PST · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
18. 3.316 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 30, 8:35 AM PST · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
19. 1.910 km SSE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jan 2, 8:06 PM PST · 16698 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
20. 3.121 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 2, 8:44 PM PST · 16698 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
21. 1.99 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Jan 3, 5:18 AM PST · 16698 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
22. 2.214 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jan 3, 5:35 AM PST · 16698 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
23. 2.29 km W of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jan 4, 5:16 PM PST · 16696 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
24. 1.615 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Jan 4, 7:24 PM PST · 16696 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
25. 2.27 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Jan 5, 4:07 AM PST · 16696 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
26. 2.012 km ESE of Big Sur, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 5:00 AM PST · 16695 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
27. 2.914 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 12:22 PM PST · 16695 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
28. 1.94 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 2:58 PM PST · 16694 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
29. 4.52 km SE of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 3:42 AM PST · 16694 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
30. 1.91 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 3:45 AM PST · 16694 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
31. 1.61 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 5:22 AM PST · 16694 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
32. 3.04 km SE of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 10:34 AM PST · 16694 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
33. 1.75 km SE of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 1:30 PM PST · 16693 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
34. 1.68 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 1:32 AM PST · 16692 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
35. 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 2:50 AM PST · 16692 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
36. 2.210km NW of Avenal, CAFri, Jan 9, 8:32 AM PST · 16692 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
37. 1.526 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 10:28 AM PST · 16692 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
38. 1.813 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 10:39 PM PST · 16691 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
39. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 11:50 PM PST · 16691 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
40. 1.723 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 12:30 AM PST · 16691 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
41. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 1:05 AM PST · 16691 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
42. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 1:21 AM PST · 16691 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.412 km W of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 3:19 PM PST · 16690 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
44. 2.89 km W of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 6:23 PM PST · 16690 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
45. 2.511 km W of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 6:24 PM PST · 16690 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
46. 2.510 km W of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 6:27 PM PST · 16690 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
47. 3.18 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 8:44 PM PST · 16690 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
48. 2.512 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Jan 11, 6:07 AM PST · 16690 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
49. 2.18 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Jan 11, 8:45 AM PST · 16690 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
50. 1.618 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 12, 6:06 PM PST · 16688 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
51. 2.67 km ENE of Gilroy, CaliforniaTue, Jan 13, 7:06 PM PST · 16687 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
52. 3.115 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Jan 14, 2:33 AM PST · 16687 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
53. 1.75 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Jan 14, 12:31 PM PST · 16687 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
54. 1.722 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jan 14, 1:06 PM PST · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
55. 2.013 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Jan 14, 7:02 PM PST · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
56. 1.56 km WNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Jan 14, 7:55 PM PST · 16686 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
57. 2.48 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaThu, Jan 15, 6:24 AM PST · 16686 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
58. 2.224 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, Jan 15, 12:13 PM PST · 16686 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
59. 3.17 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 16, 4:09 PM PST · 16684 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
60. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Jan 17, 7:44 AM PST · 16684 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

1. 1.99 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 2:31 PM PST · 16710 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
2. 2.017 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 11:12 AM PST · 16711 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
3. 2.45 km NE of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 5:59 AM PST · 16711 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
4. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Dec 20, 10:21 PM PST · 16711 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
5. 1.69 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Dec 20, 6:41 PM PST · 16711 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.124 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 20, 5:50 PM PST · 16711 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
7. 1.718 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 11:31 PM PST · 16712 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
8. 1.82 km S of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Dec 18, 11:16 PM PST · 16713 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1058340. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC.