M2.5 earthquake 12 km S of Tres Pinos, California

Magnitude

2.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sun, Feb 20, 1983, 11:36 PM PST

UTC

1983-02-21 07:36:30 UTC

Depth

4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.679° N, 121.302° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

36°

Stations used

60

• Ridgemark, CaliforniaPopulation 3,016. Forecast16 kmSSE
• Hollister, CaliforniaPopulation 37,462. Forecast21 kmSSE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast31 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast403 kmNW

After

1. 2.23 km S of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 3:00 AM PST · 15928 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
2. 1.712 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 9:33 AM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
3. 2.69 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:17 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:18 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
5. 2.39 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 2:46 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
6. 1.6Near the coast of Central CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 4:21 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
7. 1.722 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 10:42 PM PST · 15927 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
8. 1.812 km ENE of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, Feb 22, 3:25 AM PST · 15927 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.89 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaTue, Feb 22, 11:53 AM PST · 15927 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
10. 2.67 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaWed, Feb 23, 1:33 PM PST · 15926 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
11. 2.212 km NNE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Feb 23, 2:49 PM PST · 15926 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
12. 1.56 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 5:39 AM PST · 15925 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
13. 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 11:58 PM PST · 15924 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
14. 2.810 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Feb 25, 12:14 AM PST · 15924 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
15. 1.531 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 25, 4:20 PM PST · 15924 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
16. 1.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 4:10 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
17. 1.920 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 5:00 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.219 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 5:26 PM PST · 15923 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
19. 1.817 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 11:29 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
20. 1.813 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 2:51 AM PST · 15922 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
21. 2.07 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 1:09 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
22. 1.722 km SW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 2:34 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
23. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 5:10 PM PST · 15922 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
24. 1.68 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 7:16 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
25. 1.610 km NW of Davenport, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 8:07 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
26. 1.837 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 27, 10:29 PM PST · 15921 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
27. 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 3:07 AM PST · 15921 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
28. 1.75 km NNE of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 5:23 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
29. 2.430 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Mar 1, 10:29 PM PST · 15919 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
30. 1.828 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Mar 3, 4:17 AM PST · 15918 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
31. 2.524 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 2:38 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
32. 2.06 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 5:52 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
33. 1.99 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 7:11 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
34. 1.520 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 9:51 AM PST · 15917 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
35. 1.98 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 7:08 PM PST · 15916 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
36. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 11:54 PM PST · 15916 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
37. 1.81 km E of San Ardo, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 1:14 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
38. 1.86 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 10:00 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
39. 1.621 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 11:48 AM PST · 15916 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
40. 1.912 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 6:47 PM PST · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
41. 2.710 km NNE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 7:46 PM PST · 15915 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
42. 2.424 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 7:03 AM PST · 15915 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
43. 1.86 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 3:29 PM PST · 15915 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
44. 2.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Mar 7, 7:18 PM PST · 15913 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
45. 2.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 8, 6:48 AM PST · 15913 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
46. 2.716 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Mar 8, 7:59 AM PST · 15913 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
47. 1.74 km W of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaWed, Mar 9, 5:35 AM PST · 15912 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
48. 3.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Mar 10, 5:05 AM PST · 15911 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
49. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Mar 10, 6:18 AM PST · 15911 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
50. 1.621 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Mar 11, 6:58 AM PST · 15910 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
51. 1.735 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Mar 11, 10:09 PM PST · 15909 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
52. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Mar 12, 7:16 AM PST · 15909 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
53. 1.937 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaSun, Mar 13, 6:03 AM PST · 15908 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
54. 1.83 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Mar 14, 4:56 PM PST · 15907 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
55. 2.322 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Mar 14, 10:02 PM PST · 15906 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
56. 1.731 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 4:48 PM PST · 15906 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
57. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 5:22 PM PST · 15906 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
58. 1.910 km N of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 7:57 PM PST · 15904 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
59. 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 10:09 PM PST · 15904 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
60. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 10:14 PM PST · 15904 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

1. 1.822 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 7:34 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.020 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 11:30 AM PST · 15929 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
3. 2.020 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 10:56 AM PST · 15929 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
4. 1.89 km ENE of Big Sur, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 8:44 PM PST · 15929 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
5. 2.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 5:13 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
6. 2.522 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 1:23 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
7. 2.05 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 11:37 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
8. 1.922 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 6:01 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
9. 1.85 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 2:37 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
10. 1.522 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 1:42 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
11. 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 8:50 PM PST · 15930 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
12. 2.621 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 6:01 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
13. 1.614 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 11:49 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
14. 2.319 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 7:27 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
15. 2.76 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 6:52 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
16. 1.919 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 1:03 AM PST · 15931 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
17. 1.824 km NNE of San Lucas, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 11:54 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
18. 1.622 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 10:34 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.220 km NW of Pacific Grove, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 8:26 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
20. 2.124 km S of Los Banos, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 6:33 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1088198. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.