M1.8 earthquake 21 km NE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

1.8 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Fri, Jul 27, 1984, 8:44 AM PDT

UTC

1984-07-27 15:44:25 UTC

Depth

5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.573° N, 121.169° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

38°

Stations used

28

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast22 kmNE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast45 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast386 kmNW

After

1. 1.610 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 9:14 AM PDT · 15408 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
2. 2.213 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 10:17 AM PDT · 15408 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.811 km SSW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 1:47 PM PDT · 15407 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.614 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 3:11 AM PDT · 15407 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.39 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 3:11 AM PDT · 15407 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
6. 2.02 km ENE of Aromas, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 2:11 PM PDT · 15406 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.618 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaSat, Jul 28, 9:42 PM PDT · 15406 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.023 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 5:58 AM PDT · 15406 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
9. 1.623 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 8:22 AM PDT · 15406 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
10. 3.214 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 1:59 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
11. 3.514 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 2:05 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
12. 1.515 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 4:43 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
13. 2.015 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 7:19 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
14. 1.916 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 8:55 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
15. 1.616 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 9:01 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.816 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSun, Jul 29, 9:31 PM PDT · 15405 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
17. 2.414 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 7:16 AM PDT · 15405 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
18. 2.016 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 9:12 AM PDT · 15405 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
19. 1.815 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 11:07 AM PDT · 15405 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
20. 2.18 km ENE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMon, Jul 30, 10:44 PM PDT · 15404 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
21. 2.024 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 12:43 AM PDT · 15404 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
22. 2.621 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 10:52 AM PDT · 15404 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
23. 1.823 km ESE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 10:53 AM PDT · 15404 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
24. 3.214 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 12:43 PM PDT · 15404 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
25. 2.18 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 6:12 PM PDT · 15403 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
26. 2.614 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 7:38 PM PDT · 15403 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
27. 1.916 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jul 31, 7:44 PM PDT · 15403 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.022 km SE of Tres Pinos, CATue, Jul 31, 8:04 PM PDT · 15403 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
29. 2.714 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 12:06 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
30. 1.621 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 2:27 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
31. 1.614 km WNW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 4:05 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
32. 1.715 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 5:29 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
33. 2.116 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 7:58 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
34. 2.06 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 8:43 AM PDT · 15403 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
35. 1.928 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 4:25 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
36. 2.08 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 6:03 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
37. 2.66 km SSE of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 7:06 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
38. 3.06 km SSE of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 8:55 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
39. 1.91 km NE of Cantua Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 9:00 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
40. 1.78 km SSE of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Aug 1, 10:09 PM PDT · 15402 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
41. 1.62 km SW of Lexington Hills, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 6:26 AM PDT · 15402 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
42. 1.537 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 9:14 AM PDT · 15402 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
43. 1.620 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 10:27 AM PDT · 15402 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
44. 2.124 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 6:49 PM PDT · 15401 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
45. 1.615 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaThu, Aug 2, 7:13 PM PDT · 15401 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
46. 2.111 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaFri, Aug 3, 2:18 AM PDT · 15401 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
47. 1.711 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 3, 2:39 AM PDT · 15401 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
48. 1.614 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 5:26 AM PDT · 15400 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
49. 1.59 km SSW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 6:12 AM PDT · 15400 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
50. 2.44 km W of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 7:24 AM PDT · 15400 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
51. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 1:47 PM PDT · 15399 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
52. 1.722 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 5:31 PM PDT · 15399 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
53. 2.02 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSat, Aug 4, 11:07 PM PDT · 15399 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
54. 2.010 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 12:14 AM PDT · 15399 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
55. 2.321 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 4:21 AM PDT · 15399 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
56. 2.28 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 6:56 AM PDT · 15399 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
57. 1.811 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 9:34 AM PDT · 15399 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
58. 3.86 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 5:06 PM PDT · 15398 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
59. 1.97 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 5:36 PM PDT · 15398 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
60. 1.67 km NNE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Aug 5, 8:37 PM PDT · 15398 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 1.913 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Jul 27, 6:00 AM PDT · 15408 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
2. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jul 26, 9:02 AM PDT · 15409 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.88 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jul 26, 5:52 AM PDT · 15409 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.61 km E of Aromas, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 1:29 PM PDT · 15409 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
5. 2.021 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Jul 25, 11:50 AM PDT · 15410 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
6. 1.78 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 12:06 PM PDT · 15411 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.18 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jul 24, 9:14 AM PDT · 15411 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.631 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jul 23, 10:46 PM PDT · 15411 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
9. 2.38 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Jul 23, 7:55 AM PDT · 15412 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
10. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 10:33 PM PDT · 15412 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
11. 1.613 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 9:27 PM PDT · 15412 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
12. 1.98 km NE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 5:04 PM PDT · 15412 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
13. 2.214 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 4:05 PM PDT · 15412 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
14. 2.114 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Jul 22, 5:19 AM PDT · 15413 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
15. 1.616 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSat, Jul 21, 4:46 PM PDT · 15413 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
16. 1.622 km NNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, Jul 20, 11:47 PM PDT · 15414 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
17. 2.08 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jul 20, 12:10 PM PDT · 15415 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
18. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jul 20, 1:47 AM PDT · 15415 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
19. 2.112 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Jul 20, 12:12 AM PDT · 15415 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
20. 1.78 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaThu, Jul 19, 3:54 PM PDT · 15415 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc24209. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.