M1.7 earthquake 9 km SW of Ridgemark, California
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Ridgemark, California on Thu, Apr 1, 1982, 12:02 AM PST (08:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 22 km NNE of Soledad, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-01 08:02:49 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.746° N, 121.435° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.522 km NNE of Soledad, California · 16245 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16245 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16245 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66 km E of East Foothills, California · 16244 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Gilroy, California · 16244 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.69 km N of Hollister, California · 16244 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.52 km WNW of San Jose, California · 16244 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16242 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, California · 16242 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 16242 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 16242 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.43 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 16242 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.722 km NE of Soledad, California · 16240 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.123 km ENE of Soledad, CA · 16240 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Soledad, California · 16239 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.316 km E of East Foothills, California · 16239 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.716 km E of East Foothills, California · 16239 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.723 km NE of King City, California · 16239 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.727 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16238 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16237 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.19 km NE of Milpitas, California · 16237 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Ridgemark, California · 16237 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16237 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Milpitas, California · 16237 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 16236 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.819 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 16236 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16236 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16235 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16235 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.96 km E of East Foothills, California · 16235 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.132 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16235 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of East Foothills, California · 16235 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Livermore, California · 16235 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 16234 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87 km S of Merced, California · 16234 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Mendota, California · 16234 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Patterson, California · 16233 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16233 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Gilroy, California · 16233 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.122 km WNW of Diablo Grande, California · 16232 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.921 km NE of Soledad, California · 16232 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.526 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 16232 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16230 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Prunedale, California · 16228 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.63 km SE of San Ardo, California · 16227 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Ridgemark, California · 16226 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 16226 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Livermore, California · 16225 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 16224 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.816 km E of East Foothills, California · 16224 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.524 km NE of King City, California · 16224 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.924 km NE of King City, California · 16223 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.917 km E of East Foothills, California · 16223 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Hollister, California · 16223 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.12 km S of Hollister, California · 16222 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.16 km NE of East Foothills, California · 16222 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of East Foothills, California · 16222 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.723 km NE of San Ardo, California · 16221 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16220 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 2.39 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 16245 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 16246 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 16248 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 16248 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Tres Pinos, California · 16249 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.731 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 16249 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 16249 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16250 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Hollister, California · 16250 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.99 km NNE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16250 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.75 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 16251 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.021 km NE of Soledad, California · 16251 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 16251 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Interlaken, California · 16251 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Interlaken, California · 16251 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.021 km NE of Soledad, California · 16253 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.423 km NE of San Lucas, California · 16253 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.03 km SW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16254 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.524 km NE of King City, California · 16254 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.117 km NE of East Foothills, California · 16254 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1073390. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.