M2.5 earthquake 5 km SW of Gilroy, California

Magnitude

2.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sat, Apr 19, 1986, 10:46 PM PST

UTC

1986-04-20 06:46:55 UTC

Depth

5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.971° N, 121.608° 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

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

30°

Stations used

76

• Gilroy, CaliforniaPopulation 53,231. Forecast5 kmSW
• Salinas, CaliforniaPopulation 157,380. Forecast33 kmN
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast445 kmNW

After

1. 1.76 km WSW of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 6:39 AM PST · 14774 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
2. 1.93 km SSE of Los Banos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 1:25 PM PST · 14774 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.05 km S of Gilroy, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 4:37 PM PST · 14774 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.65 km NNE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 7:05 PM PST · 14774 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
5. 2.616 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 7:52 PM PST · 14773 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.620 km S of Davenport, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 9:11 PM PST · 14773 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:42 AM PST · 14773 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
8. 1.610 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:32 PM PST · 14773 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
9. 1.723 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 4:49 PM PST · 14773 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
10. 1.56 km NE of Ridgemark, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 6:10 PM PST · 14773 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
11. 2.18 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 21, 9:04 PM PST · 14772 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
12. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 1:42 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
13. 2.224 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 3:49 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:15 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
15. 1.94 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:18 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
16. 1.916 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:51 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
17. 3.010 km WSW of Ridgemark, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 9:47 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.618 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:00 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
19. 1.99 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:23 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
20. 1.710 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:30 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
21. 2.417 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 10:15 PM PST · 14771 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
22. 1.816 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 11:23 PM PST · 14771 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
23. 1.713 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 5:27 AM PST · 14771 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
24. 2.44 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:54 AM PST · 14771 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
25. 2.74 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 8:35 AM PST · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
26. 1.613 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:07 PM PST · 14771 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
27. 1.79 km NNW of Hollister, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:25 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
28. 2.417 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:55 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
29. 2.05 km NE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 5:57 AM PST · 14770 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
30. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 6:45 AM PST · 14770 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
31. 1.75 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 8:20 AM PST · 14770 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
32. 1.810 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 11:45 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
33. 2.513 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 2:51 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
34. 1.613 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 6:08 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
35. 2.06 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 6:58 PM PST · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
36. 1.819 km NE of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 10:21 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
37. 2.512 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 3:07 AM PST · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
38. 1.617 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 3:11 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
39. 2.716 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 7:02 PM PST · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
40. 1.86 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 6:07 AM PDT · 14767 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
41. 2.07 km ESE of Lexington Hills, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 1:13 PM PDT · 14767 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
42. 1.515 km NE of Hollister, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 2:07 PM PDT · 14767 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
43. 1.612 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 5:07 PM PDT · 14767 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
44. 2.318 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 9:53 PM PDT · 14766 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
45. 1.519 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 3:02 AM PDT · 14766 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
46. 2.24 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 4:31 AM PDT · 14766 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
47. 1.74 km SE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 4:31 AM PDT · 14766 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
48. 3.515 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 10:33 AM PDT · 14766 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
49. 3.65 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 3:18 PM PDT · 14766 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
50. 1.618 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 3:40 PM PDT · 14766 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
51. 1.81 km ENE of Del Monte Forest, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 4:50 PM PDT · 14766 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
52. 2.129 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 5:28 PM PDT · 14766 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
53. 1.75 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 8:13 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
54. 1.75 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 10:23 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
55. 1.918 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 11:37 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
56. 2.45 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 11:39 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
57. 1.67 km NE of Ridgemark, CATue, Apr 29, 5:09 AM PDT · 14765 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
58. 1.510 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 7:40 AM PDT · 14765 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
59. 1.82 km SSE of Sunol, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 2:46 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
60. 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 4:00 PM PDT · 14765 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

1. 1.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 9:12 PM PST · 14774 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
2. 1.722 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 2:10 PM PST · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
3. 1.5Northern CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 11:14 PM PST · 14775 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
4. 2.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 11:13 PM PST · 14775 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
5. 1.530 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 10:37 PM PST · 14775 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
6. 2.44 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 5:50 AM PST · 14776 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.04 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 5:02 AM PST · 14776 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
8. 2.64 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 4:41 AM PST · 14776 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
9. 2.24 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Apr 18, 4:29 AM PST · 14776 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
10. 3.03 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 10:21 PM PST · 14776 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
11. 1.7Northern CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 8:21 PM PST · 14776 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
12. 2.718 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 5:38 PM PST · 14777 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
13. 1.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 5:11 PM PST · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
14. 1.913 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 3:21 AM PST · 14777 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
15. 1.713 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 1:43 AM PST · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
16. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 12:28 AM PST · 14777 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
17. 1.631 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 10:52 PM PST · 14777 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
18. 1.51 km SW of San Ramon, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 10:15 PM PST · 14777 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
19. 1.818 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 5:08 PM PST · 14778 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
20. 1.86 km ENE of Interlaken, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 3:45 PM PST · 14778 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc70698. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.