M2.3 earthquake 23 km ENE of Soledad, California

Magnitude

2.3 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, Apr 26, 1985, 10:01 PM PST

UTC

1985-04-27 06:01:21 UTC

Depth

2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.518° N, 121.091° 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

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

63°

Stations used

30

• Soledad, CaliforniaPopulation 25,003. Forecast23 kmENE
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast53 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast377 kmNW

After

1. 2.413 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 10:06 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 12:05 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
3. 3.15 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 3:38 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
4. 3.012 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:06 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
5. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 7:57 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.624 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 3:12 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.412 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 3:29 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
8. 1.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 11:33 PM PST · 15122 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.65 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 12:14 AM PST · 15122 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
10. 2.05 km SW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 12:53 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
11. 1.828 km SE of Big Sur, CaliforniaSun, Apr 28, 8:18 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
12. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 1:17 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.210 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 5:45 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
14. 1.88 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 5:51 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
15. 3.115 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 11:08 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.68 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 2:48 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
17. 1.630 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 3:54 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
18. 2.815 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 8:05 PM PDT · 15120 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
19. 1.83 km ESE of Aromas, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 2:20 AM PDT · 15118 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
20. 2.08 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 5:41 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
21. 1.58 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 6:05 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
22. 2.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 6:59 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
23. 3.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 7:47 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
24. 2.112 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:20 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
25. 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:22 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
26. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 6:08 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
27. 2.220 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 11:38 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
28. 2.18 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 6:18 PM PDT · 15116 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
29. 1.916 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 8:04 PM PDT · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
30. 1.69 km E of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 1:11 AM PDT · 15115 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
31. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 2:03 PM PDT · 15115 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
32. 1.524 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 5:50 PM PDT · 15115 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
33. 2.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 8:13 PM PDT · 15115 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
34. 1.713 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 11:38 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
35. 2.18 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 7:31 AM PDT · 15114 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
36. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 6:12 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
37. 2.011 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 6:21 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
38. 1.921 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 10:23 PM PDT · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
39. 1.611 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, May 7, 8:57 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
40. 1.811 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaTue, May 7, 10:28 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
41. 2.510 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, May 8, 12:47 AM PDT · 15112 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
42. 2.0Central CaliforniaWed, May 8, 2:07 PM PDT · 15112 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
43. 2.15 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 7:49 AM PDT · 15111 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
44. 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 8:51 AM PDT · 15111 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
45. 1.79 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 1:32 PM PDT · 15111 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
46. 2.510 km NW of Bradley, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 10:41 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
47. 1.52 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 11:57 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
48. 1.69 km SW of Carmel Valley Village, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 12:09 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
49. 1.924 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 12:28 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
50. 1.710 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 7:22 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
51. 1.79 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 8:51 PM PDT · 15109 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
52. 4.37 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 1:59 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
53. 1.98 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 2:03 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
54. 1.78 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 3:07 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
55. 1.812 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 6:08 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
56. 2.32 km SW of Hollister, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 8:51 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
57. 1.88 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 2:49 PM PDT · 15109 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
58. 1.522 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 10:36 PM PDT · 15108 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
59. 2.136 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 8:47 PM PDT · 15107 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
60. 1.937 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 10:10 PM PDT · 15107 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

1. 1.512 km NNE of Hollister, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 4:50 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
2. 3.024 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 11:06 AM PST · 15124 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
3. 2.11 km SSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 5:45 AM PST · 15124 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
4. 1.68 km S of San Ardo, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 2:30 AM PST · 15124 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.68 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 9:35 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
6. 1.710 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 8:38 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
7. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 8:33 PM PST · 15125 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
8. 1.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:12 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
9. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 5:05 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.010 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:47 AM PST · 15126 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
11. 2.226 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:37 AM PST · 15126 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
12. 1.615 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:14 AM PST · 15126 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
13. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 9:53 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.010 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 9:41 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
15. 2.09 km NE of San Martin, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 6:47 AM PST · 15127 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
16. 3.08 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 6:47 AM PST · 15127 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
17. 2.58 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 11:37 PM PST · 15127 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
18. 2.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 7:50 PM PST · 15127 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
19. 1.98 km ENE of San Martin, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 4:53 PM PST · 15128 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
20. 1.817 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 3:18 PM PST · 15128 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc46870. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.