California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 10 km W of Volta, California

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 10 km W of Volta, California on Mon, Feb 14, 1983, 4:41 PM PST (00:41 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 37 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-02-15 00:41:29 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.089° N, 121.048° W
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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.829 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 15933 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.74 km SW of Tres Pinos, California · 15933 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15933 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.122 km NE of Soledad, California · 15931 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.13 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 15931 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.98 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 15930 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.124 km S of Los Banos, California · 15930 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.220 km NW of Pacific Grove, California · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.622 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15930 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.824 km NNE of San Lucas, California · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.919 km NW of Pacific Grove, California · 15930 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.76 km NE of Ridgemark, California · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.319 km NW of Pacific Grove, California · 15930 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.614 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15930 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.621 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15929 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15929 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.09 km SSW of Loyola, California · 15929 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.522 km NE of Soledad, California · 15929 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.85 km N of East Foothills, California · 15929 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.922 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15929 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.05 km N of East Foothills, California · 15929 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.522 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15929 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.924 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15928 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.912 km SSE of Tracy, California · 15927 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.822 km NE of Soledad, California · 15927 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.810 km SSE of Tracy, California · 15927 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.512 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15927 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.23 km S of San Juan Bautista, California · 15927 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.712 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15927 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.69 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15927 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 3.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15926 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.39 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15926 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.722 km NE of Soledad, California · 15926 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.812 km ENE of Hollister, California · 15926 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 1.89 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15926 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.67 km E of Gilroy, California · 15925 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.212 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 15924 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.56 km N of East Foothills, California · 15924 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15923 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.810 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 15923 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.531 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15922 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.9Central California · 15922 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.721 km NE of Soledad, California · 15922 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.920 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15922 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.817 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15921 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.813 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 15921 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.07 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15921 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 2.49 km SSW of Loyola, California · 15921 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.722 km SW of South Dos Palos, California · 15920 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15920 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.68 km NE of San Martin, California · 15920 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.837 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15920 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15920 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.75 km NNE of Hollister, California · 15919 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.430 km ESE of Tres Pinos, California · 15918 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 1.828 km NE of Soledad, California · 15917 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.524 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15916 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.06 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15916 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.99 km NNW of Hollister, California · 15916 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.98 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 15915 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 1.87 km NE of San Juan Bautista, California · 15934 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.65 km WNW of Three Rocks, California · 15934 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.137 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15934 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.324 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15935 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.88 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 15935 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.95 km WSW of Westley, California · 15936 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.913 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15936 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.56 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 15936 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.87 km E of Gilroy, California · 15936 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.15 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15937 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.637 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15937 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.99 km NNE of San Martin, California · 15938 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.09 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15938 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.021 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15938 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.010 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15939 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.66 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 15940 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.96 km SSW of Tres Pinos, California · 15940 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 3.013 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15941 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.66 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15941 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.06 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15941 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1087851. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.