M1.7 earthquake 10 km SW of Templeton, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, Sep 4, 1981, 3:24 PM PDT

UTC

1981-09-04 22:24:33 UTC

Depth

6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.488° N, 120.787° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

114°

Stations used

13

• Templeton, CaliforniaPopulation 7,674. Forecast10 kmSW
• Atascadero, CaliforniaPopulation 29,819. Forecast10 kmW
• Santa Maria, CaliforniaPopulation 105,093. Forecast67 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast282 kmNW

After

1. 1.628 km WNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Sep 5, 12:22 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
2. 2.815 km SSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Sep 9, 11:12 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
3. 1.69 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 11, 11:11 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
4. 2.744 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 8:38 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
5. 2.541 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:06 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
6. 1.840 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:12 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
7. 1.940 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 9:15 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
8. 1.638 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Sep 12, 11:30 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.742 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaSun, Sep 13, 5:56 PM PDT · 16445 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.015 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Sep 15, 11:35 AM PDT · 16443 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
11. 3.117 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 7:59 PM PDT · 16442 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
12. 2.7Near the coast of Central CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 8:20 PM PDT · 16442 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
13. 1.8Near the coast of Central CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 8:37 PM PDT · 16442 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.718 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 16, 9:47 PM PDT · 16442 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
15. 1.514 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Sep 17, 1:39 AM PDT · 16442 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
16. 1.825 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Sep 18, 7:45 AM PDT · 16440 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
17. 2.337 km WSW of Guadalupe, CaliforniaWed, Sep 23, 5:33 AM PDT · 16435 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
18. 2.217 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Sep 24, 2:29 AM PDT · 16435 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
19. 1.59 km WSW of Atascadero, CaliforniaThu, Sep 24, 5:47 AM PDT · 16434 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
20. 1.9Central CaliforniaThu, Sep 24, 7:30 PM PDT · 16434 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
21. 1.725 km WSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Sep 25, 9:43 AM PDT · 16433 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
22. 2.123 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaFri, Sep 25, 12:42 PM PDT · 16433 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
23. 2.2Central CaliforniaFri, Sep 25, 3:23 PM PDT · 16433 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.112 km SE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Sep 26, 7:03 AM PDT · 16432 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
25. 3.014 km SSE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Sep 26, 7:03 AM PDT · 16432 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
26. 1.927 km ENE of King City, CaliforniaSun, Sep 27, 1:01 AM PDT · 16432 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
27. 1.810 km NNE of Cayucos, CaliforniaMon, Sep 28, 7:25 PM PDT · 16430 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
28. 1.623 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaWed, Sep 30, 6:04 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
29. 2.514 km SSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Sep 30, 2:13 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
30. 1.621 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Oct 2, 9:21 AM PDT · 16426 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
31. 2.015km S of Kettleman City, CAMon, Oct 5, 2:30 PM PDT · 16423 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
32. 2.08 km W of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Oct 5, 10:57 PM PDT · 16423 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
33. 1.56 km WSW of Paso Robles, CaliforniaTue, Oct 6, 5:33 AM PDT · 16422 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
34. 1.923 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Oct 9, 6:55 AM PDT · 16419 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
35. 2.423km ENE of Santa Maria, CASat, Oct 10, 2:40 PM PDT · 16418 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
36. 2.1Central CaliforniaSun, Oct 11, 12:40 AM PDT · 16418 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
37. 1.98 km WSW of Atascadero, CaliforniaSun, Oct 11, 2:05 PM PDT · 16417 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
38. 1.68 km W of Oak Shores, CaliforniaMon, Oct 12, 12:28 PM PDT · 16416 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
39. 1.822 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaTue, Oct 13, 6:59 PM PDT · 16415 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
40. 1.528 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, Oct 15, 11:19 PM PDT · 16413 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
41. 1.78km W of Los Alamos, CAWed, Oct 21, 6:43 AM PDT · 16407 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
42. 1.922 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Oct 25, 12:53 PM PST · 16403 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
43. 2.579km WSW of Avila Beach, CAMon, Oct 26, 1:29 AM PST · 16403 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
44. 1.519 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Oct 27, 12:24 AM PST · 16402 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
45. 2.213 km SE of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Oct 27, 9:52 AM PST · 16401 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
46. 1.86 km NE of Cambria, CaliforniaTue, Oct 27, 3:09 PM PST · 16401 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
47. 2.816 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Oct 28, 2:16 PM PST · 16400 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
48. 1.531 km WNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 29, 4:09 PM PST · 16399 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
49. 1.62 km S of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM PST · 16398 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
50. 2.424 km NE of King City, CaliforniaMon, Nov 2, 3:57 PM PST · 16395 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away

Before

1. 2.541 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 2:10 AM PDT · 16455 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
2. 1.840 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Sep 4, 1:06 AM PDT · 16455 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
3. 2.71km SSE of Orcutt, CASat, Aug 29, 5:08 PM PDT · 16460 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
4. 1.518 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Aug 25, 1:06 AM PDT · 16465 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
5. 1.5Near the coast of Central CaliforniaSun, Aug 23, 8:00 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
6. 2.124 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSat, Aug 22, 6:26 AM PDT · 16467 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
7. 1.922 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 10:38 PM PDT · 16470 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
8. 1.727 km W of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 11:38 AM PDT · 16470 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
9. 2.99 km SSW of Avila Beach, CaliforniaMon, Aug 17, 9:51 AM PDT · 16472 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
10. 1.74 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 8:09 AM PDT · 16474 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
11. 2.29km NNW of Los Alamos, CAFri, Aug 14, 4:35 PM PDT · 16475 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
12. 2.411 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 9:15 PM PDT · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
13. 2.315 km W of Guadalupe, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 4:33 PM PDT · 16476 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
14. 1.911 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 9:20 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
15. 2.810 km W of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 13, 8:57 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
16. 1.710 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 12, 9:59 AM PDT · 16477 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
17. 1.829 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 4:04 PM PDT · 16481 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
18. 1.730 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 9:54 AM PDT · 16481 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
19. 2.519 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Aug 8, 1:05 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
20. 3.65km N of Los Alamos, CAThu, Aug 6, 4:10 AM PDT · 16483 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1067372. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.