M1.5 earthquake 9 km WNW of Paso Robles, California

Magnitude

1.5 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Tue, Dec 26, 1989, 11:08 AM PST

UTC

1989-12-26 19:08:04 UTC

Depth

6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.648° N, 120.787° 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

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

18

• Paso Robles, CaliforniaPopulation 27,157. Forecast9 kmWNW
• Santa Maria, CaliforniaPopulation 105,093. Forecast84 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast292 kmNW

After

1. 1.620 km SSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, Dec 27, 11:19 AM PST · 13430 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
2. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Jan 1, 4:11 AM PST · 13425 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
3. 1.922 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 2, 3:00 PM PST · 13424 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
4. 1.99 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, Jan 4, 2:13 PM PST · 13422 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
5. 2.910 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jan 4, 2:16 PM PST · 13422 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
6. 2.023 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Jan 4, 8:47 PM PST · 13422 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.837 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jan 6, 9:27 AM PST · 13420 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
8. 1.611 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Jan 7, 8:43 AM PST · 13419 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
9. 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 9, 6:45 AM PST · 13417 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
10. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Jan 9, 3:27 PM PST · 13417 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.024 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 11, 7:54 PM PST · 13415 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
12. 4.336 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:10 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
13. 1.735 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:16 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
14. 1.737 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:17 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
15. 1.835 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:23 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
16. 1.636 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:33 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.737 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 1:33 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
18. 1.536 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 6:51 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
19. 1.836 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 8:53 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
20. 1.635 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 9:09 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
21. 3.016 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 11:50 AM PST · 13414 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
22. 1.914 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 12:05 PM PST · 13414 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
23. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 8:55 PM PST · 13414 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
24. 1.817 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Jan 12, 11:01 PM PST · 13413 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
25. 2.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 14, 3:20 AM PST · 13412 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
26. 2.212 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Jan 14, 9:10 AM PST · 13412 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
27. 1.822 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 14, 9:15 AM PST · 13412 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
28. 2.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Jan 14, 9:42 AM PST · 13412 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
29. 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 14, 9:57 AM PST · 13412 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
30. 1.623 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 15, 4:49 AM PST · 13411 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
31. 1.822 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Jan 17, 6:20 PM PST · 13409 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
32. 1.711 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Jan 18, 8:43 AM PST · 13408 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
33. 3.110 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Jan 21, 4:32 AM PST · 13405 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
34. 1.610 km S of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Jan 21, 4:37 AM PST · 13405 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
35. 2.110 km N of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Jan 21, 7:41 AM PST · 13405 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
36. 1.913 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jan 21, 3:52 PM PST · 13405 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
37. 1.7Central CaliforniaSun, Jan 21, 5:00 PM PST · 13405 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
38. 1.824 km SE of Big Sur, CaliforniaMon, Jan 22, 5:07 AM PST · 13404 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
39. 1.79 km WSW of Atascadero, CaliforniaMon, Jan 22, 10:30 AM PST · 13404 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
40. 1.822 km ESE of Shandon, CaliforniaMon, Jan 22, 7:20 PM PST · 13404 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
41. 2.023 km NNE of San Lucas, CaliforniaTue, Jan 23, 4:53 PM PST · 13403 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
42. 1.72 km ESE of San Ardo, CaliforniaWed, Jan 24, 5:18 AM PST · 13402 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
43. 2.128 km WSW of Lockwood, CaliforniaWed, Jan 24, 9:00 PM PST · 13402 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
44. 1.79 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 25, 12:38 AM PST · 13401 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
45. 1.819 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaThu, Jan 25, 6:23 PM PST · 13401 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
46. 1.924 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 27, 7:03 AM PST · 13399 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
47. 1.616 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jan 28, 9:29 AM PST · 13398 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
48. 1.628 km WNW of San Simeon, CaliforniaTue, Jan 30, 1:05 PM PST · 13396 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
49. 2.014 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jan 30, 2:36 PM PST · 13396 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
50. 2.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jan 31, 1:02 AM PST · 13395 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
51. 1.524 km NE of King City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 31, 2:15 PM PST · 13395 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
52. 2.024 km NE of King City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 31, 2:18 PM PST · 13395 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
53. 1.88 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 31, 10:54 PM PST · 13394 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
54. 2.136 km WSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaFri, Feb 2, 1:20 AM PST · 13393 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
55. 1.615 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Feb 3, 2:11 AM PST · 13392 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
56. 1.715 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Feb 3, 2:15 AM PST · 13392 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
57. 2.624 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Feb 3, 12:50 PM PST · 13392 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
58. 2.324 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Feb 3, 1:15 PM PST · 13392 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
59. 2.912 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Feb 4, 7:30 PM PST · 13391 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
60. 1.94 km W of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Feb 5, 7:16 AM PST · 13390 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

1. 1.925 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaTue, Dec 26, 6:35 AM PST · 13431 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
2. 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 25, 11:15 PM PST · 13431 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.925 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 25, 1:20 PM PST · 13432 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.114 km NNE of Shandon, CaliforniaSat, Dec 23, 2:13 PM PST · 13434 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.26 km SW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Dec 23, 8:37 AM PST · 13434 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
6. 1.6Central CaliforniaFri, Dec 22, 1:24 PM PST · 13435 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.221km NNE of Nipomo, CAWed, Dec 20, 4:02 AM PST · 13437 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
8. 1.924 km W of Lockwood, CaliforniaTue, Dec 19, 6:56 PM PST · 13438 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
9. 2.525 km NW of San Simeon, CaliforniaTue, Dec 19, 5:26 PM PST · 13438 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
10. 2.18 km N of Cambria, CaliforniaTue, Dec 19, 9:22 AM PST · 13438 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
11. 2.110 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Dec 17, 6:02 PM PST · 13440 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.924 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSun, Dec 17, 9:39 AM PST · 13440 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.710 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Dec 17, 9:38 AM PST · 13440 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
14. 2.424 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Dec 16, 6:54 PM PST · 13441 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
15. 2.530 km ESE of Shandon, CaliforniaFri, Dec 15, 7:01 PM PST · 13442 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
16. 1.69 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 14, 2:12 PM PST · 13443 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
17. 2.08 km W of Templeton, CaliforniaThu, Dec 14, 11:59 AM PST · 13443 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
18. 1.812 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 14, 6:24 AM PST · 13443 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
19. 1.711 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 14, 6:21 AM PST · 13443 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
20. 1.611 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Dec 14, 6:04 AM PST · 13443 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc149596. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC.