M1.8 earthquake Central California

Magnitude

1.8 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, Mar 16, 1986, 9:27 AM PST

UTC

1986-03-16 17:27:48 UTC

Depth

7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.823° N, 121.395° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

46°

Stations used

51

• Ridgemark, CaliforniaPopulation 3,016. Forecast3 kmWNW
• Hollister, CaliforniaPopulation 37,462. Forecast3 kmS
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast28 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast420 kmNW

After

1. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 15, 11:08 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
2. 2.018 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 15, 11:59 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
3. 1.916 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 1:46 AM PST · 14770 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
4. 1.919 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 5:06 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
5. 2.118 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 11:32 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
6. 2.7Central CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 12:30 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
7. 1.86 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 3:45 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
8. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 5:08 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
9. 1.631 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 10:52 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
10. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 12:28 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
11. 1.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 1:43 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
12. 1.913 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 3:21 AM PST · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
13. 1.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 5:11 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
14. 2.718 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 5:38 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
15. 1.7Northern CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 8:21 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
16. 3.03 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 10:21 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.24 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 4:29 AM PST · 14767 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.64 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 4:41 AM PST · 14767 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
19. 2.04 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 5:02 AM PST · 14767 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
20. 2.44 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 5:50 AM PST · 14767 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
21. 1.530 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 10:37 PM PST · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
22. 2.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 11:13 PM PST · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
23. 1.5Northern CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 11:14 PM PST · 14767 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
24. 1.722 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 2:10 PM PST · 14766 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
25. 1.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 9:12 PM PST · 14766 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
26. 2.55 km SW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 10:46 PM PST · 14766 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
27. 1.76 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 6:39 AM PST · 14765 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
28. 1.93 km SSE of Los Banos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 1:25 PM PST · 14765 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
29. 2.05 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 4:37 PM PST · 14765 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
30. 1.65 km NNE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 7:05 PM PST · 14765 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
31. 2.616 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 7:52 PM PST · 14765 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
32. 1.620 km S of Davenport, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 9:11 PM PST · 14765 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
33. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:42 AM PST · 14764 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
34. 2.220 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 9:38 AM PST · 14764 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
35. 1.610 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:32 PM PST · 14764 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
36. 1.723 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:49 PM PST · 14764 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
37. 1.56 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 6:10 PM PST · 14764 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
38. 2.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 9:04 PM PST · 14764 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
39. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 1:42 AM PST · 14764 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
40. 2.224 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 3:49 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
41. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:15 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
42. 1.94 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:18 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
43. 1.916 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:51 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
44. 3.010 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 9:47 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
45. 1.618 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:00 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
46. 1.99 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:23 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
47. 1.710 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:30 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
48. 2.417 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 10:15 PM PST · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
49. 1.816 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:23 PM PST · 14763 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
50. 1.713 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 5:27 AM PST · 14762 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
51. 2.44 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:54 AM PST · 14762 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
52. 2.74 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 8:35 AM PST · 14762 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
53. 1.613 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:07 PM PST · 14762 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
54. 1.79 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:25 PM PST · 14762 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
55. 2.417 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:55 PM PST · 14762 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
56. 2.05 km NE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 5:57 AM PST · 14761 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
57. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 6:45 AM PST · 14761 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
58. 1.75 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 8:20 AM PST · 14761 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
59. 1.810 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 11:45 AM PST · 14760 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
60. 2.513 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 2:51 PM PST · 14760 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc68168. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.