M2.5 earthquake 4 km NE of Interlaken, California
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Interlaken, California on Fri, Mar 26, 1982, 1:18 AM PST (09:18 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km ENE of Gilroy, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-26 09:18:29 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.982° N, 121.705° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.64 km NE of Interlaken, California · 16258 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16258 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.021 km NE of Soledad, California · 16258 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.75 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 16258 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.99 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16257 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Hollister, California · 16257 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16256 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.22 km E of San Ramon, California · 16256 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Tres Pinos, California · 16256 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16255 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.111 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16254 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Brentwood, California · 16254 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.011 km ENE of Blackhawk, California · 16254 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Brentwood, California · 16254 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 16252 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Ridgemark, California · 16252 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.522 km NNE of Soledad, California · 16252 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16252 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16252 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.66 km E of East Foothills, California · 16251 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Gilroy, California · 16251 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.69 km N of Hollister, California · 16250 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.52 km WNW of San Jose, California · 16250 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.61 km ENE of San Ramon, California · 16250 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km ENE of San Ramon, California · 16250 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.91 km E of San Ramon, California · 16249 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16249 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16249 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16249 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 16249 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.43 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 16249 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.52 km E of San Ramon, California · 16248 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 16247 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.722 km NE of Soledad, California · 16247 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.123 km ENE of Soledad, CA · 16246 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Soledad, California · 16246 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km E of Fremont, California · 16246 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.316 km E of East Foothills, California · 16246 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.716 km E of East Foothills, California · 16246 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16245 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16244 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.19 km NE of Milpitas, California · 16244 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Ridgemark, California · 16244 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.34 km E of Union City, California · 16244 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16244 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16244 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 16243 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.819 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16243 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16243 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16242 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16242 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.96 km E of East Foothills, California · 16242 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.132 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16242 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of East Foothills, California · 16242 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Livermore, California · 16242 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 16241 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Mendota, California · 16241 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Patterson, California · 16240 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Brentwood, California · 16240 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16240 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 1.62 km E of San Ramon, California · 16258 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.021 km NE of Soledad, California · 16260 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.03 km SW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16260 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.92 km E of San Ramon, California · 16260 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.524 km NE of King City, California · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.11 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.11 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.117 km NE of East Foothills, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.61 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Portola Valley, California · 16261 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.61 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.92 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.02 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km E of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.70 km ENE of San Ramon, California · 16261 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16263 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 16263 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Hollister, California · 16263 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1073247. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.