M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNW of Big Sur, California

Magnitude

1.6 (md), micro

Local time

Tue, Jan 24, 1984, 1:49 PM PST

UTC

1984-01-24 21:49:18 UTC

Depth

4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.389° N, 121.893° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

243°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Big Sur, CaliforniaPopulation 1,000. Forecast15 kmNNW
• Monterey, CaliforniaPopulation 28,338. Forecast24 kmS
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast39 kmSSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast421 kmNW

After

1. 1.713 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaWed, Jan 25, 11:34 AM PST · 15581 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.412 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 3:35 AM PST · 15580 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
3. 1.814 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 6:56 AM PST · 15580 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
4. 1.91 km W of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 7:36 AM PST · 15580 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
5. 1.627 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 11:03 AM PST · 15580 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
6. 1.513 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 1:48 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.06 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 2:18 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
8. 1.715 km SE of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 2:55 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.511 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 3:56 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
10. 2.312 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 5:49 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
11. 1.79 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaThu, Jan 26, 9:10 PM PST · 15580 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
12. 1.610 km SE of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaSat, Jan 28, 12:45 PM PST · 15578 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
13. 1.69 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSat, Jan 28, 4:04 PM PST · 15578 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
14. 1.59 km NE of Gilroy, CaliforniaMon, Jan 30, 11:04 AM PST · 15576 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
15. 2.422 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 30, 8:29 PM PST · 15576 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
16. 1.711 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Jan 30, 11:54 PM PST · 15576 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
17. 1.729 km SSE of Big Sur, CaliforniaTue, Jan 31, 7:54 PM PST · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
18. 1.633 km S of Big Sur, CaliforniaTue, Jan 31, 8:07 PM PST · 15575 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
19. 1.927 km SE of Big Sur, CaliforniaTue, Jan 31, 10:05 PM PST · 15575 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
20. 1.711 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Jan 31, 10:24 PM PST · 15575 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
21. 2.012 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Jan 31, 11:31 PM PST · 15575 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
22. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Feb 1, 2:58 AM PST · 15575 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
23. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Feb 1, 1:16 PM PST · 15574 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
24. 2.29 km SW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Feb 1, 3:37 PM PST · 15574 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
25. 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 2, 5:13 AM PST · 15573 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
26. 1.929 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaThu, Feb 2, 4:11 PM PST · 15573 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
27. 1.721 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 2, 9:43 PM PST · 15573 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
28. 1.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 2, 11:09 PM PST · 15573 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
29. 2.813 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 3, 10:17 AM PST · 15572 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
30. 2.013 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 3, 12:05 PM PST · 15572 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
31. 1.531 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 4, 11:31 AM PST · 15571 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
32. 1.611 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Feb 5, 1:41 PM PST · 15570 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
33. 1.713 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaSun, Feb 5, 3:08 PM PST · 15570 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
34. 1.6Central CaliforniaWed, Feb 8, 4:35 AM PST · 15567 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
35. 2.117 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Feb 8, 7:39 AM PST · 15567 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
36. 1.922 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 9, 12:14 PM PST · 15566 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
37. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Feb 9, 4:22 PM PST · 15566 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
38. 4.116 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaThu, Feb 9, 11:23 PM PST · 15566 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
39. 2.027 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 10, 3:54 AM PST · 15565 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
40. 2.58 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Feb 10, 8:33 AM PST · 15565 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
41. 3.415 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaSat, Feb 11, 6:10 AM PST · 15564 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
42. 1.631 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Feb 11, 7:21 AM PST · 15564 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
43. 2.926 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 12, 5:57 AM PST · 15563 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
44. 1.724 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Feb 12, 7:55 AM PST · 15563 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
45. 2.112 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Feb 12, 8:32 AM PST · 15563 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
46. 2.022 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Feb 13, 2:54 AM PST · 15563 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
47. 1.911 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Feb 13, 10:19 AM PST · 15562 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
48. 2.617 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Feb 16, 9:33 AM PST · 15559 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
49. 1.624 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaThu, Feb 16, 12:17 PM PST · 15559 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
50. 2.52 km SSW of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Feb 17, 10:04 AM PST · 15558 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
51. 2.213 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaFri, Feb 17, 3:54 PM PST · 15558 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
52. 1.811 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSat, Feb 18, 2:33 AM PST · 15558 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
53. 1.511 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaSat, Feb 18, 12:11 PM PST · 15557 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
54. 1.624 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Feb 18, 12:37 PM PST · 15557 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
55. 2.03 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Feb 19, 7:59 AM PST · 15556 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 19, 9:37 AM PST · 15556 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
57. 2.38 km NE of Corralitos, CaliforniaSun, Feb 19, 5:47 PM PST · 15556 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
58. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Feb 20, 3:31 PM PST · 15555 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
59. 1.723 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaTue, Feb 21, 4:35 PM PST · 15554 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
60. 2.225 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaWed, Feb 22, 6:38 AM PST · 15553 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

1. 1.67 km SSW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaTue, Jan 24, 9:18 AM PST · 15582 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
2. 1.57 km NW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 11:59 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
3. 1.913 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 5:55 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
4. 1.57 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 5:45 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
5. 1.712 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 5:37 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
6. 3.713 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 5:00 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.313 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 4:47 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
8. 1.811 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 4:35 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
9. 1.713 km SSW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 3:30 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
10. 1.82 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 1:19 PM PST · 15583 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
11. 3.614 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 11:58 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
12. 1.914 km NW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 11:32 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
13. 1.718 km NW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 11:28 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
14. 1.88 km NNE of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 11:27 AM PST · 15583 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
15. 1.62 km ESE of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 8:55 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.413 km N of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 6:49 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
17. 1.925 km NE of King City, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 4:00 AM PST · 15583 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
18. 3.014 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 2:53 AM PST · 15584 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
19. 2.615 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaMon, Jan 23, 2:16 AM PST · 15584 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
20. 3.014 km NNW of Big Sur, CaliforniaSun, Jan 22, 11:05 PM PST · 15584 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc3145. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.