M1.8 earthquake 5 km SW of Gilroy, California

Magnitude

1.8 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 26, 1981, 5:54 AM PST

UTC

1981-12-26 13:54:54 UTC

Depth

3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.972° N, 121.606° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

47°

Stations used

55

• Gilroy, CaliforniaPopulation 53,231. Forecast5 kmSW
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast33 kmN
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast445 kmNW

After

1. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 26, 12:33 PM PST · 16348 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
2. 1.610 km SE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Dec 26, 1:04 PM PST · 16348 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
3. 1.68 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Dec 26, 10:00 PM PST · 16348 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
4. 1.612 km ENE of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Dec 26, 10:39 PM PST · 16348 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
5. 2.19 km NW of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Dec 27, 9:44 AM PST · 16347 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
6. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 27, 11:43 AM PST · 16347 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
7. 1.833 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 27, 11:14 PM PST · 16347 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
8. 2.024 km NE of King City, CaliforniaTue, Dec 29, 1:56 AM PST · 16346 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
9. 1.525 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Dec 30, 6:43 AM PST · 16344 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
10. 2.128 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 30, 7:06 AM PST · 16344 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
11. 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 1, 7:20 PM PST · 16342 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
12. 2.38 km ENE of Patterson, CaliforniaSat, Jan 2, 5:56 AM PST · 16341 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
13. 1.89 km SSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSat, Jan 2, 9:21 AM PST · 16341 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.012 km SW of Byron, CaliforniaSat, Jan 2, 6:05 PM PST · 16341 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.524 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Jan 3, 6:34 AM PST · 16340 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
16. 1.64 km ENE of Lompico, CaliforniaSun, Jan 3, 7:48 PM PST · 16340 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
17. 3.128 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 4, 12:49 AM PST · 16340 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
18. 2.22 km SSW of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, Jan 4, 4:40 PM PST · 16339 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
19. 1.79 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaWed, Jan 6, 9:50 AM PST · 16337 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
20. 2.217 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Jan 8, 2:36 AM PST · 16336 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
21. 2.123 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 8, 4:13 AM PST · 16336 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
22. 1.929 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Jan 8, 6:25 PM PST · 16335 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
23. 2.17 km E of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Jan 8, 8:08 PM PST · 16335 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
24. 1.816 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jan 9, 8:16 PM PST · 16334 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
25. 2.122 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 10, 4:37 AM PST · 16334 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
26. 1.611 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Jan 10, 1:41 PM PST · 16333 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
27. 2.69 km S of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Jan 10, 8:28 PM PST · 16333 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
28. 2.510 km S of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Jan 10, 8:31 PM PST · 16333 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
29. 2.411 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 1:00 AM PST · 16333 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
30. 2.713 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 2:57 AM PST · 16333 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
31. 2.516 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 8:39 AM PST · 16332 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 9:03 AM PST · 16332 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
33. 2.39 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 6:07 PM PST · 16332 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
34. 1.710 km ENE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaMon, Jan 11, 11:32 PM PST · 16332 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
35. 2.611 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jan 12, 1:05 AM PST · 16332 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
36. 1.920 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jan 12, 6:24 AM PST · 16331 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
37. 1.624 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jan 13, 9:49 AM PST · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
38. 2.017 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 13, 10:41 AM PST · 16330 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
39. 2.910 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 13, 10:07 PM PST · 16330 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
40. 1.716 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Jan 15, 12:01 PM PST · 16328 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
41. 2.124 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Jan 16, 11:57 AM PST · 16327 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
42. 2.08 km NE of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Jan 17, 2:10 AM PST · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
43. 2.821 km WSW of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Jan 17, 11:02 PM PST · 16326 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
44. 2.425 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Jan 18, 8:11 PM PST · 16325 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
45. 1.525 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 19, 1:54 AM PST · 16325 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
46. 2.05 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Jan 19, 3:48 PM PST · 16324 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
47. 1.733 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Jan 20, 12:36 AM PST · 16324 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.210 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Jan 20, 7:43 PM PST · 16323 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
49. 1.71 km SSE of Manteca, CaliforniaThu, Jan 21, 1:02 AM PST · 16323 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
50. 2.425 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 21, 8:44 PM PST · 16322 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
51. 2.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 24, 3:28 PM PST · 16319 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
52. 2.421 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 24, 5:50 PM PST · 16319 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
53. 2.122 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 25, 6:55 PM PST · 16318 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
54. 1.821 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 25, 7:01 PM PST · 16318 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
55. 1.79 km SSW of Lathrop, CaliforniaMon, Jan 25, 11:19 PM PST · 16318 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
56. 1.714 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Jan 26, 9:05 PM PST · 16317 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
57. 2.225 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 27, 9:43 AM PST · 16316 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
58. 1.79 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaWed, Jan 27, 10:03 AM PST · 16316 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
59. 2.422 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jan 27, 10:50 AM PST · 16316 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
60. 3.0Northern CaliforniaWed, Jan 27, 3:42 PM PST · 16316 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

1. 1.825 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Dec 25, 2:17 PM PST · 16349 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
2. 1.524 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 24, 5:57 PM PST · 16350 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
3. 1.725 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 24, 5:10 PM PST · 16350 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.51 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 24, 4:18 PM PST · 16350 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
5. 1.931 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Dec 24, 5:32 AM PST · 16351 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.09 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaWed, Dec 23, 6:02 PM PST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
7. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaWed, Dec 23, 2:35 PM PST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
8. 1.72 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 6:00 PM PST · 16352 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 8:25 AM PST · 16352 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
10. 1.64 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaTue, Dec 22, 7:07 AM PST · 16352 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
11. 1.8Central CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 5:28 PM PST · 16353 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
12. 1.68 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 8:55 AM PST · 16353 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
13. 1.84 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 7:21 AM PST · 16353 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
14. 1.77 km NE of Aromas, CaliforniaMon, Dec 21, 12:54 AM PST · 16354 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
15. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 20, 10:54 AM PST · 16354 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
16. 1.825 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 20, 2:28 AM PST · 16355 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
17. 1.925 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 20, 1:53 AM PST · 16355 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
18. 1.737 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, Dec 20, 1:32 AM PST · 16355 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
19. 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 20, 12:46 AM PST · 16355 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
20. 1.72 km WNW of Portola Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 19, 1:24 PM PST · 16355 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1070671. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:04 AM UTC.