M2.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Mon, Oct 10, 1983, 9:20 AM PDT

UTC

1983-10-10 16:20:49 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.578° N, 121.173° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

35°

Stations used

57

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast22 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast44 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast387 kmNW

After

1. 2.015 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Oct 10, 10:17 AM PDT · 15697 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
2. 1.637 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Oct 10, 1:05 PM PDT · 15697 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
3. 1.68 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Oct 11, 1:03 AM PDT · 15696 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
4. 3.18 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 11, 8:48 AM PDT · 15696 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
5. 2.422 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Oct 11, 4:53 PM PDT · 15696 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.727 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaTue, Oct 11, 5:40 PM PDT · 15695 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.421 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Oct 11, 6:14 PM PDT · 15695 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
8. 2.515 km SSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Oct 12, 8:15 AM PDT · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
9. 2.115 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 12, 10:30 AM PDT · 15695 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
10. 1.8Central CaliforniaWed, Oct 12, 1:08 PM PDT · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.511 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 12, 2:30 PM PDT · 15695 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
12. 2.320 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 12, 5:43 PM PDT · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
13. 1.79 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 13, 3:22 AM PDT · 15694 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
14. 1.615 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 13, 5:16 AM PDT · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
15. 2.210 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Oct 13, 8:15 AM PDT · 15694 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
16. 2.522 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Oct 13, 1:52 PM PDT · 15694 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
17. 1.67 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Oct 13, 5:02 PM PDT · 15694 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
18. 2.614 km ESE of Big Sur, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 2:11 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
19. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 2:26 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
20. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 2:44 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
21. 1.811 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 5:20 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
22. 2.912 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 5:25 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
23. 1.926 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 9:09 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
24. 2.0Central CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 9:33 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
25. 1.727 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 10:04 AM PDT · 15693 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
26. 2.18 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 12:34 PM PDT · 15693 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
27. 2.87 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 12:52 PM PDT · 15693 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
28. 1.712 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 3:31 PM PDT · 15693 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
29. 1.710 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 9:51 PM PDT · 15692 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
30. 2.39 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 14, 10:20 PM PDT · 15692 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
31. 2.412 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 15, 10:06 AM PDT · 15692 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
32. 1.511 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Oct 15, 10:35 AM PDT · 15692 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
33. 1.74 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Oct 15, 1:34 PM PDT · 15692 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
34. 1.5Central CaliforniaSat, Oct 15, 1:41 PM PDT · 15692 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
35. 2.413 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 15, 10:07 PM PDT · 15691 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
36. 2.012 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 16, 3:22 AM PDT · 15691 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
37. 3.112 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 16, 4:52 AM PDT · 15691 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
38. 1.722 km ENE of San Ardo, CaliforniaSun, Oct 16, 3:06 PM PDT · 15691 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
39. 2.24 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Oct 16, 5:08 PM PDT · 15691 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
40. 1.913 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 16, 8:02 PM PDT · 15690 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
41. 1.814 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaMon, Oct 17, 1:21 AM PDT · 15690 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
42. 2.3Central CaliforniaMon, Oct 17, 1:57 PM PDT · 15690 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
43. 2.010 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 11:44 AM PDT · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
44. 1.910 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 12:37 PM PDT · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
45. 2.310 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 1:45 PM PDT · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
46. 1.921 km SW of Los Banos, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 1:57 PM PDT · 15689 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
47. 1.612 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 2:09 PM PDT · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
48. 2.410 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 7:16 PM PDT · 15688 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
49. 1.85 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 8:45 PM PDT · 15688 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
50. 1.67 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 10:25 PM PDT · 15688 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
51. 2.011 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Oct 18, 11:22 PM PDT · 15688 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
52. 1.814 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 12:00 AM PDT · 15688 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
53. 2.114 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 4:51 AM PDT · 15688 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
54. 1.725 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 7:39 AM PDT · 15688 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
55. 1.726 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 10:13 AM PDT · 15688 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
56. 1.69 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 11:49 AM PDT · 15688 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
57. 1.9Central CaliforniaWed, Oct 19, 8:19 PM PDT · 15687 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
58. 1.611 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 20, 2:04 AM PDT · 15687 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
59. 2.115 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 20, 11:12 AM PDT · 15687 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
60. 2.110 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 21, 2:33 AM PDT · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 2.516 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Oct 10, 1:12 AM PDT · 15697 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
2. 1.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 9, 5:17 PM PDT · 15698 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
3. 2.311 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 9, 4:28 PM PDT · 15698 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.816 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 9, 9:37 AM PDT · 15698 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
5. 1.9Central CaliforniaSun, Oct 9, 8:10 AM PDT · 15698 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
6. 1.59 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Oct 9, 7:34 AM PDT · 15698 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
7. 1.512 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Oct 8, 6:35 PM PDT · 15698 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
8. 1.718 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Oct 8, 5:06 PM PDT · 15699 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
9. 1.537 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSat, Oct 8, 1:45 PM PDT · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
10. 1.915 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 1:58 PM PDT · 15700 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
11. 1.51 km SSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 1:27 PM PDT · 15700 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.58 km NE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 11:31 AM PDT · 15700 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
13. 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 11:14 AM PDT · 15700 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
14. 3.811 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 11:05 AM PDT · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
15. 2.110 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 9:35 AM PDT · 15700 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.99 km W of Volta, CaliforniaFri, Oct 7, 8:58 AM PDT · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
17. 1.613 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 6, 9:20 PM PDT · 15700 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
18. 3.010 km SSE of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Oct 6, 5:38 PM PDT · 15700 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
19. 2.410 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Oct 6, 11:08 AM PDT · 15701 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
20. 2.39 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Oct 6, 8:12 AM PDT · 15701 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1104703. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.