M1.6 earthquake 24 km ENE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

1.6 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 18, 1982, 7:29 PM PST

UTC

1982-12-19 03:29:27 UTC

Depth

4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.516° N, 121.079° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

118°

Stations used

9

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast24 kmENE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast54 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast376 kmNW

After

1. 3.06 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 1:38 AM PST · 15988 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.611 km SSW of Oak Shores, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 6:26 PM PST · 15988 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
3. 1.65 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Dec 20, 1:13 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
4. 1.619 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 20, 9:02 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
5. 2.023 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaMon, Dec 20, 2:22 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
6. 2.09 km SSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaMon, Dec 20, 4:20 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
7. 3.04 km ESE of Interlaken, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 3:01 PM PST · 15986 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
8. 2.121 km SSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 7:39 PM PST · 15986 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
9. 2.88 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 9:37 PM PST · 15985 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
10. 1.630 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 9:42 PM PST · 15985 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
11. 3.11 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 5:51 AM PST · 15984 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
12. 2.223 km SSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 7:50 AM PST · 15984 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
13. 2.225 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 3:07 PM PST · 15984 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
14. 1.717 km SW of Lockwood, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 5:46 PM PST · 15984 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
15. 1.95 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 11:16 PM PST · 15983 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
16. 1.924 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 5:45 PM PST · 15983 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
17. 2.021 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 10:26 PM PST · 15982 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.34 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Dec 25, 3:49 AM PST · 15982 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
19. 1.624 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 12:17 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
20. 3.53 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 2:04 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
21. 1.716 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 2:29 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.73 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 5:06 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
23. 2.022 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 5:40 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
24. 2.04 km SSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 7:08 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
25. 1.922 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 4:27 PM PST · 15981 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
26. 1.93 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 5:06 PM PST · 15981 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
27. 1.64 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Dec 27, 1:59 AM PST · 15980 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
28. 2.09 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, Dec 27, 6:54 AM PST · 15980 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.128 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Dec 27, 2:17 PM PST · 15980 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
30. 2.228 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Dec 27, 3:09 PM PST · 15980 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
31. 2.610 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Dec 28, 10:02 AM PST · 15979 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
32. 1.621 km NE of King City, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 1:54 PM PST · 15978 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
33. 2.46 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 4:36 PM PST · 15978 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
34. 1.74 km SSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 5:20 PM PST · 15978 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
35. 2.024 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 1:06 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
36. 2.115 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 6:04 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
37. 1.613 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 2:22 PM PST · 15977 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
38. 3.316 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 3:19 PM PST · 15977 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
39. 1.621 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Jan 1, 3:06 AM PST · 15975 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
40. 1.717 km SW of Volta, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 8:49 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
41. 1.515 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:54 AM PST · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
42. 1.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 8:01 AM PST · 15972 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
43. 1.523 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 1:45 PM PST · 15972 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
44. 1.822 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 7:16 PM PST · 15972 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 11:49 AM PST · 15971 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
46. 1.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 4:43 PM PST · 15971 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
47. 1.517 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 4:44 PM PST · 15971 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
48. 3.410 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 9:57 PM PST · 15970 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
49. 2.223 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaFri, Jan 7, 11:15 AM PST · 15969 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
50. 1.924 km ENE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 6:02 PM PST · 15968 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
51. 2.224 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Jan 9, 4:22 PM PST · 15967 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
52. 1.83 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Jan 9, 8:43 PM PST · 15967 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
53. 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 2:22 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
54. 1.524 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 1:06 PM PST · 15965 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
55. 1.616 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 5:38 PM PST · 15965 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
56. 1.69 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 7:27 AM PST · 15964 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
57. 1.617 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 8:58 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
58. 2.623 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 10:25 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
59. 3.019 km S of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 11:12 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
60. 1.923 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 1:04 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

1. 1.723 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 5:13 PM PST · 15989 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
2. 1.612 km SSW of Oak Shores, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 11:33 AM PST · 15990 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
3. 2.220 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 9:41 AM PST · 15990 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
4. 2.511 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 8:05 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
5. 2.014 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 1:18 AM PST · 15991 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
6. 3.29 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 10:46 PM PST · 15993 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
7. 2.62 km WNW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 3:36 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.12 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 3:16 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
9. 2.016 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 10:24 AM PST · 15994 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
10. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 4:21 AM PST · 15994 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
11. 1.815 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 1:34 AM PST · 15994 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
12. 1.919 km SSW of Volta, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 12:16 AM PST · 15994 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.125 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 9:55 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
14. 1.925 km NNE of King City, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 7:14 PM PST · 15995 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
15. 1.817 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 5:10 PM PST · 15995 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
16. 1.726 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 3:36 PM PST · 15995 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
17. 1.63 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 3:21 PM PST · 15995 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.83 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 3:20 PM PST · 15995 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
19. 1.817 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 6:44 AM PST · 15995 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
20. 1.723 km NE of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 4:28 AM PST · 15995 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1083231. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.