M1.9 earthquake 22 km ENE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Soledad, California on Sun, Jul 31, 1983, 4:31 AM PDT (11:31 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 11 km NE of Coalinga, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-07-31 11:31:28 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.535° N, 121.119° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.030 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 15771 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.512 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.813 km NE of Coalinga, CA · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.412 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.012 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.4Central California · 15771 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.312 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.113 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.114 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.517 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.113 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.813 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15771 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Avenal, California · 15771 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Avenal, California · 15771 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.622 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 15770 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.724 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15770 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.010 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.911 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.010 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.212 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15770 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15769 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15769 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15769 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15769 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Lockwood, California · 15768 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.310 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.27 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15768 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15768 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.722 km NE of Soledad, California · 15768 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.910 km N of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Huron, California · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.321 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15767 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.620 km S of Three Rocks, California · 15767 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15767 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15767 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15767 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.915 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Huron, California · 15767 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.412 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15767 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15766 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15766 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15766 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.812 km E of Coalinga, California · 15766 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.016 km N of Coalinga, California · 15766 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Huron, California · 15766 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 2.018 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15772 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.18 km SE of San Juan Bautista, California · 15772 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Tres Pinos, California · 15772 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.923 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15772 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.316 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7Central California · 15772 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.916 km N of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.210 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15772 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Central California · 15773 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15773 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Central California · 15773 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.85 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15773 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15773 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.616 km S of Three Rocks, California · 15773 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of San Simeon, California · 15773 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Coalinga, California · 15773 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1099615. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.