M1.6 earthquake 22 km ENE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, Feb 17, 1983, 10:34 PM PST

UTC

1983-02-18 06:34:38 UTC

Depth

2.2 km (1.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.536° N, 121.120° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

61°

Stations used

18

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast22 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast50 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast380 kmNW

After

1. 1.824 km NNE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 11:54 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
2. 1.919 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 1:03 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.76 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 6:52 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
4. 2.319 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 7:27 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
5. 1.614 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 11:49 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.621 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 6:01 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
7. 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 8:50 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
8. 1.522 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 1:42 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
9. 1.922 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 6:01 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
10. 2.522 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 1:23 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
11. 2.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 5:13 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
12. 1.89 km ENE of Big Sur, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 8:44 PM PST · 15929 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
13. 2.020 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 10:56 AM PST · 15929 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.020 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 11:30 AM PST · 15929 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
15. 1.822 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 7:34 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
16. 2.512 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 11:36 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
17. 2.23 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 3:00 AM PST · 15928 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
18. 1.712 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 9:33 AM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.69 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:17 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
20. 3.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:18 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
21. 2.39 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:46 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
22. 1.6Near the coast of Central CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 4:21 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
23. 1.722 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 10:42 PM PST · 15927 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
24. 1.812 km ENE of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, Feb 22, 3:25 AM PST · 15927 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
25. 1.89 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaTue, Feb 22, 11:53 AM PST · 15927 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
26. 2.67 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Feb 23, 1:33 PM PST · 15926 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
27. 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 11:58 PM PST · 15924 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
28. 1.531 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 25, 4:20 PM PST · 15924 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
29. 1.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 4:10 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
30. 1.920 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 5:00 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.219 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 5:26 PM PST · 15923 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
32. 1.817 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 11:29 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.07 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 1:09 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
34. 1.722 km SW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 2:34 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
35. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 5:10 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
36. 1.68 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 7:16 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
37. 1.837 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 10:29 PM PST · 15921 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
38. 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 3:07 AM PST · 15921 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
39. 3.28 km S of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 8:31 AM PST · 15921 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
40. 2.88 km S of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 8:39 AM PST · 15921 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
41. 1.99 km S of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 9:04 AM PST · 15921 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
42. 2.19 km S of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 2:39 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
43. 1.75 km NNE of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 5:23 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
44. 2.430 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Mar 1, 10:29 PM PST · 15919 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
45. 2.115 km NNW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Mar 2, 11:21 AM PST · 15919 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
46. 1.828 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Mar 3, 4:17 AM PST · 15918 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
47. 2.524 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 2:38 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.06 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 5:52 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
49. 1.99 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 7:11 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
50. 1.520 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 9:51 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
51. 1.98 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 7:08 PM PST · 15916 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
52. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 11:54 PM PST · 15916 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
53. 1.81 km E of San Ardo, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 1:14 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
54. 1.86 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 10:00 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
55. 1.621 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 11:48 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
56. 1.912 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 6:47 PM PST · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
57. 2.424 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 7:03 AM PST · 15915 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
58. 1.86 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 3:29 PM PST · 15915 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
59. 2.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Mar 7, 7:18 PM PST · 15913 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
60. 2.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 8, 6:48 AM PST · 15913 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

1. 2.220 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 8:26 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
2. 2.124 km S of Los Banos, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 6:33 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
3. 1.622 km NE of San Ardo, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 10:49 AM PST · 15932 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
4. 2.13 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 5:41 AM PST · 15932 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
5. 2.122 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 12:01 AM PST · 15932 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Feb 15, 1:59 PM PST · 15934 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
7. 1.74 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Feb 15, 11:18 AM PST · 15934 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
8. 1.829 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaTue, Feb 15, 1:53 AM PST · 15934 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
9. 2.010 km W of Volta, CaliforniaMon, Feb 14, 4:41 PM PST · 15935 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
10. 1.819 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 14, 5:17 AM PST · 15935 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
11. 1.87 km NE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Feb 14, 3:39 AM PST · 15935 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
12. 1.65 km WNW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 8:11 PM PST · 15935 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
13. 2.137 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 7:59 PM PST · 15935 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
14. 2.324 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Feb 12, 9:32 PM PST · 15936 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
15. 1.913 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSat, Feb 12, 4:22 AM PST · 15937 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
16. 1.56 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 6:58 PM PST · 15937 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
17. 1.87 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 4:38 PM PST · 15938 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
18. 2.15 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 3:51 AM PST · 15938 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
19. 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Feb 10, 9:23 PM PST · 15938 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
20. 1.99 km NNE of San Martin, CaliforniaThu, Feb 10, 1:06 PM PST · 15939 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1087986. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC.