M2.0 earthquake 24 km ENE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of Soledad, California on Fri, Apr 8, 1983, 4:40 AM PST (12:40 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 The 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-04-08 12:40:41 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.499° N, 121.070° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.336 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 15881 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.112 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15881 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15881 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Huron, California · 15880 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15880 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.410 km NW of Avenal, California · 15880 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Avenal, California · 15880 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Avenal, California · 15880 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Ridgemark, California · 15880 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Coalinga, California · 15878 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.911 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15878 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Interlaken, California · 15878 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.716 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15877 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15876 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15876 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.217 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15875 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.12 km S of San Juan Bautista, California · 15875 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15875 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.916 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15874 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15874 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15874 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15874 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.822 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15874 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.73 km N of Hollister, California · 15874 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Coalinga, California · 15874 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Big Sur, California · 15874 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15874 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 15873 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15873 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Corralitos, California · 15873 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9Central California · 15873 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Cantua Creek, California · 15872 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15871 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.121 km NE of Soledad, California · 15871 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.69 km NE of San Martin, California · 15871 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.58 km S of Oak Shores, California · 15871 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 15870 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Soledad, California · 15870 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.122 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15870 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of Three Rocks, California · 15870 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.011 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15869 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.69 km NE of San Martin, California · 15869 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.212 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15869 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.98 km NE of Ridgemark, California · 15868 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.43 km SW of Huron, California · 15868 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Huron, California · 15868 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.422 km NE of Soledad, California · 15868 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.423 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15867 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 15867 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.523 km NE of King City, California · 15867 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.511 km SSW of Greenfield, California · 15867 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.211 km WNW of Huron, California · 15866 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.123 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15866 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Soledad, California · 15866 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.716 km N of Coalinga, California · 15865 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.911 km NW of Avenal, California · 15881 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.18 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15882 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of Huron, California · 15882 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.634 km SW of South Dos Palos, California · 15882 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.922 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15883 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.323 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15885 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Greenfield, California · 15885 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.211 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 15886 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.033 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15886 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15886 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15887 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15889 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15889 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15889 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.027 km NE of Soledad, California · 15890 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15892 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.437 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15892 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.237 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15892 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.437 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15892 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15892 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1090106. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC.