California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 37 km SSE of Big Sur, California

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Big Sur, California on Thu, Nov 11, 1982, 11:43 AM PST (19:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1982-11-11 19:43:36 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.939° N, 121.725° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.911 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 16032 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16032 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.915 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16032 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.637 km SSE of Big Sur, California · 16031 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.716 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16031 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.6Central California · 16031 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.78 km SE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16031 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.517 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16030 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.616 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16030 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.016 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16029 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.916 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16029 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.727 km NW of San Simeon, California · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.59 km SSW of Ridgemark, California · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.924 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16026 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.323 km NE of Soledad, California · 16026 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.524 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16026 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.622 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16024 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 16024 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.63 km S of San Juan Bautista, California · 16024 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.86 km SSW of Ridgemark, California · 16023 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.810 km WSW of Cambria, California · 16022 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.816 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16022 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.816 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16022 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.016 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16022 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.212 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 16021 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16021 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.224 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16021 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.514 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 16019 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16015 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.77 km WSW of San Ardo, California · 16015 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.06 km SSW of Ridgemark, California · 16015 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.55 km SSW of Ridgemark, California · 16015 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.024 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16014 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.723 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16014 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.012 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 16011 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.66 km SW of Ridgemark, California · 16011 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.817 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16009 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.814 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16009 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16008 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.730 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16007 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.217 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16007 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 3.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 16006 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 16006 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.77 km SSW of Ridgemark, California · 16006 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.913 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16004 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.521 km NE of Soledad, California · 16003 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, California · 16003 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16003 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.824 km ENE of San Ardo, California · 16003 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.526 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16003 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.726 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16002 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.817 km NNW of San Simeon, California · 16002 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.925 km NNE of King City, California · 16002 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.125 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16001 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.815 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16001 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, California · 16001 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.014 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15998 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.511 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15998 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.220 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15997 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.612 km SSW of Oak Shores, California · 15997 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 1.724 km ENE of San Ardo, California · 16035 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.523 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16035 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16036 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.728 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16036 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.613 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 16037 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.918 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16040 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.421 km NE of Soledad, California · 16040 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.213 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16041 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.2Central California · 16043 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.711 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16043 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.422 km NE of Soledad, California · 16044 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.323 km NE of Soledad, California · 16045 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.811 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 16045 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.626 km SE of Big Sur, California · 16046 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.720 km NE of Soledad, California · 16047 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.922 km NE of Soledad, California · 16047 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16048 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.611 km NNE of Cambria, California · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.08 km SW of Templeton, California · 16048 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.211 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1081736. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC.