M1.9 earthquake 22 km NW of Parkfield, California

Magnitude

1.9 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, Aug 19, 1981, 10:38 PM PDT

UTC

1981-08-20 05:38:52 UTC

Depth

-0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.040° N, 120.608° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

51°

Stations used

25

• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast25 kmWSW
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast109 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast308 kmNW

After

1. 1.738 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 4:56 PM PDT · 16478 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.124 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSat, Aug 22, 6:26 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.5Near the coast of Central CaliforniaSun, Aug 23, 8:00 AM PDT · 16475 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
4. 1.830 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Aug 23, 7:45 PM PDT · 16475 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
5. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Aug 24, 4:32 AM PDT · 16474 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
6. 2.137 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Aug 24, 5:50 PM PDT · 16474 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
7. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Aug 24, 7:17 PM PDT · 16474 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
8. 2.237 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Aug 24, 8:14 PM PDT · 16474 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
9. 1.518 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Aug 25, 1:06 AM PDT · 16473 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
10. 2.36 km W of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 26, 7:56 AM PDT · 16472 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
11. 1.715 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Aug 27, 5:52 AM PDT · 16471 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
12. 1.924 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 29, 2:40 AM PDT · 16469 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
13. 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 5:23 AM PDT · 16467 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
14. 2.011 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 7:23 AM PDT · 16467 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
15. 1.84 km W of Gonzales, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 12:13 PM PDT · 16467 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
16. 1.99 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Sep 2, 10:53 PM PDT · 16465 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
17. 2.724 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Sep 2, 11:27 PM PDT · 16465 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
18. 1.840 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 1:06 AM PDT · 16463 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
19. 2.541 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 2:10 AM PDT · 16463 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
20. 2.535 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 7:56 AM PDT · 16463 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
21. 1.710 km SW of Templeton, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 3:24 PM PDT · 16463 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
22. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Sep 5, 4:29 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
23. 1.929 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Sep 5, 5:13 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
24. 1.628 km WNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Sep 5, 12:22 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.324 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Sep 6, 10:29 PM PDT · 16461 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
26. 1.524 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Sep 7, 9:22 AM PDT · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
27. 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Sep 7, 8:40 PM PDT · 16460 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
28. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Sep 7, 9:05 PM PDT · 16460 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
29. 3.121 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Sep 7, 11:45 PM PDT · 16460 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
30. 2.815 km SSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Sep 9, 11:12 AM PDT · 16458 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
31. 2.128 km SW of South Dos Palos, CAThu, Sep 10, 12:52 PM PDT · 16457 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
32. 2.737 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Sep 10, 9:09 PM PDT · 16457 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
33. 2.338 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Sep 10, 9:40 PM PDT · 16457 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
34. 1.638 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Sep 10, 9:42 PM PDT · 16457 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
35. 2.237 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Sep 10, 10:41 PM PDT · 16457 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
36. 2.7Central CaliforniaFri, Sep 11, 5:10 AM PDT · 16456 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
37. 1.530 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Sep 11, 9:27 AM PDT · 16456 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
38. 1.69 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 11, 11:11 AM PDT · 16456 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
39. 1.737 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Sep 11, 7:31 PM PDT · 16456 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
40. 2.744 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 8:38 PM PDT · 16455 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
41. 2.541 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:06 PM PDT · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
42. 1.840 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:12 PM PDT · 16455 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
43. 1.940 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:15 PM PDT · 16455 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
44. 1.638 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 11:30 PM PDT · 16455 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
45. 2.742 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSun, Sep 13, 5:56 PM PDT · 16454 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
46. 3.313 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Sep 14, 1:19 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
47. 2.113 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Sep 14, 4:10 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
48. 2.015 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Sep 15, 11:35 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
49. 3.117 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 7:59 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
50. 2.7Near the coast of Central CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 8:20 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
51. 1.8Near the coast of Central CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 8:37 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
52. 2.718 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 9:47 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
53. 1.514 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Sep 17, 1:39 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
54. 1.69 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Sep 17, 8:48 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
55. 1.638 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Sep 17, 9:42 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
56. 1.511 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 7:20 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
57. 1.825 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 7:45 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
58. 1.925 km SE of Big Sur, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 1:19 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
59. 2.424 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Sep 20, 10:32 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
60. 3.313 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Sep 21, 5:41 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

1. 1.727 km W of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 11:38 AM PDT · 16479 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
2. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 9:33 AM PDT · 16479 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
3. 2.027 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 8:51 AM PDT · 16479 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
4. 1.922 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Aug 18, 5:41 PM PDT · 16480 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
5. 2.123 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 9:55 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
6. 1.511 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 12:22 AM PDT · 16483 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.726 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 16483 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
8. 1.74 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 8:09 AM PDT · 16483 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
9. 2.411 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 9:15 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
10. 1.911 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 9:20 AM PDT · 16485 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
11. 2.810 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 8:57 AM PDT · 16485 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.710 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 12, 9:59 AM PDT · 16486 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
13. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Aug 12, 9:54 AM PDT · 16486 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
14. 1.538 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 11:38 PM PDT · 16490 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
15. 1.611 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 10:27 PM PDT · 16490 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.829 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 4:04 PM PDT · 16490 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
17. 1.730 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 9:54 AM PDT · 16490 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
18. 1.539 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 7:06 AM PDT · 16490 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
19. 1.619 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 6:47 AM PDT · 16490 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
20. 2.519 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 1:05 AM PDT · 16490 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1066950. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC.