M2.0 earthquake 23 km ENE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Soledad, California on Fri, Aug 12, 1983, 11:48 PM PDT (06:48 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
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-13 06:48:00 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.520° N, 121.096° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 19
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 197 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.013 km N of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.622 km NE of Soledad, California · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Huron, California · 15757 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Huron, California · 15757 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Huron, California · 15757 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.614 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of Avenal, California · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Huron, California · 15757 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.311 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.011 km SW of Huron, California · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.316 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613 km N of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.816 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Huron, California · 15756 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15756 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.721 km NE of Soledad, California · 15756 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Ridgemark, California · 15756 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.321 km NE of Soledad, California · 15755 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.219 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15755 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.918 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15755 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Coalinga, California · 15755 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15755 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15755 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15755 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Gilroy, California · 15754 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.215 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15754 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15754 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.516 km N of Coalinga, California · 15754 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.615 km N of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.912 km E of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.630 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15753 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.911 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15753 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15753 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Huron, California · 15753 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km S of Three Rocks, California · 15752 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Ridgemark, California · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Ridgemark, California · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.911 km E of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.211 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ridgemark, California · 15752 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Ridgemark, California · 15752 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15752 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Huron, California · 15752 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15752 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Huron, California · 15752 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.711 km WSW of Huron, California · 15752 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15752 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 2.511 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.510 km N of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.516 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613 km E of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.97 km S of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.13 km SW of Huron, California · 15758 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15758 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1100338. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.