California earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 32 km WSW of Guadalupe, California

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Guadalupe, California on Tue, Jan 12, 1982, 11:47 AM PST (19:47 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km S of Oceano, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-12 19:47:43 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.851° N, 120.900° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.316 km WSW of Callender, California · 16323 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.610 km NNE of Cayucos, California · 16315 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.21 km S of Oceano, California · 16313 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.511 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.515km NNW of Goleta, CA · 16305 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.06 km SE of Los Osos, California · 16300 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.010km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 16297 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.23 km SSW of Morro Bay, California · 16294 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.313 km W of Templeton, California · 16287 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.713 km W of Templeton, California · 16287 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.19 km WSW of Atascadero, California · 16276 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.58km N of Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA · 16276 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.632km WSW of Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA · 16267 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.21 km N of Grover Beach, California · 16267 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 1.73 km N of San Luis Obispo, California · 16326 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.09 km ENE of Cayucos, California · 16331 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.817 km E of Edna, California · 16338 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.82 km SSW of Edna, California · 16339 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.112 km WSW of Callender, California · 16343 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1071191 (also filed as ci104570). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.