California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 22 km ENE of Soledad, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Soledad, California on Wed, Aug 29, 1984, 5:11 AM PDT (12:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 21 km NE of Soledad, California. This one was a foreshock.

Soledad forecastMore in California

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1984-08-29 12:11:25 UTC
Depth
1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.529° N, 121.114° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 150 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.824 km NE of Soledad, California · 15373 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.618 km N of Coalinga, California · 15372 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.832 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 15371 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.912 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15371 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.06 km ESE of Coalinga, California · 15371 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.019 km S of Three Rocks, California · 15371 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.74 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15371 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.613 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15371 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.715 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15370 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.934 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15370 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.713 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15370 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.023 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15370 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.611 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15370 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.616 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15369 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.111 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15369 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.46 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15369 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.620 km NW of San Simeon, California · 15369 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.617 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15368 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.017 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15368 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.823 km NE of Soledad, California · 15368 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.97 km SW of Gilroy, California · 15368 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.59 km NE of San Martin, California · 15368 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.615 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15368 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.510 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, California · 15367 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.617 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15367 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.026 km NE of Soledad, California · 15367 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.913 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15366 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 3.413 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15366 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 3.117 km N of Coalinga, California · 15366 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.926 km NW of San Simeon, California · 15366 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.69 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15366 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.38 km NNE of Cambria, California · 15365 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.95 km SSE of Parkfield, California · 15365 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.713 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15365 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.716 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15365 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.78 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15364 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.510 km SE of San Juan Bautista, California · 15364 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.13 km S of Merced, California · 15364 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 1.623 km SE of Big Sur, California · 15364 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.26 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15364 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.810 km ENE of Bradley, California · 15364 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15363 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.518 km N of Coalinga, California · 15363 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.318 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15363 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.518 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15363 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.512 km NW of Avenal, California · 15363 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 15363 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, California · 15363 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 2.223 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15363 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.612 km SW of Huron, California · 15362 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.837 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15362 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.617 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15362 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.028 km NW of San Simeon, California · 15361 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.69 km N of Coalinga, California · 15361 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.812 km W of Huron, California · 15361 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.115 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15361 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.023 km NE of Soledad, California · 15360 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.5Northern California · 15360 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.915 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15360 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.816 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15360 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.512 km W of Huron, California · 15373 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.16 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15373 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.110 km N of Coalinga, California · 15373 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.318 km N of Coalinga, California · 15373 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.531 km NE of San Ardo, California · 15373 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.324 km NNW of San Simeon, California · 15374 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.923 km WSW of Volta, California · 15374 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.312 km ESE of Coalinga, California · 15375 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.616 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15376 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.88 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15376 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.834 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 15376 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.710 km N of Coalinga, California · 15376 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.716 km WSW of Soledad, California · 15376 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.817 km WNW of San Simeon, California · 15378 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.923 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15378 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.813 km ESE of Coalinga, California · 15378 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.213 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15378 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.613 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15378 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.712 km SW of Huron, California · 15378 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.817 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15378 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away

Earthquakes todayCalifornia earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc26621. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.