M1.5 earthquake 8km ENE of Gilroy, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8km ENE of Gilroy, CA on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 3:25 AM PDT (10:25 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 2km WSW of Los Banos, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-01 10:25:13 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.039° N, 121.491° W
- Region
- California
- 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79km N of Boulder Creek, CA · 1920 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.73km WNW of Castro Valley, CA · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.09km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.84km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1918 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.03km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 3.72km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 143
- 1.68km NE of Ridgemark, CA · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1917 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.93km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.510km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 1.719km SE of Livermore, CA · 1916 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1915 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.812km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1914 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.36km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.321km ESE of Point Sur, CA · 1911 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.79km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.88km SW of Loyola, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.74km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 20
- 1.87km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Hollister, CA · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.124km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.726km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.616km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1906 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1906 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.613km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1906 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.63km E of Aromas, CA · 1905 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.616km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.98km S of San Juan Bautista, CA · 1901 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 59
- 1.73km NNW of Byron, CA · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Carmel Valley Village, CA · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1896 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.85km E of Fremont, CA · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.08km ENE of Interlaken, CA · 1894 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.315km SE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1892 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.27km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1892 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56km SW of Gilroy, CA · 1891 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.730km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1891 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Livermore, CA · 1890 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.519km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA · 1890 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.320km SW of New Idria, CA · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.04km NE of Blackhawk, CA · 1890 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.83km NW of Hollister, CA · 1890 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 90
- 2.54km NNE of Blackhawk, CA · 1890 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 32
- 2.24km NNE of Blackhawk, CA · 1889 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.52km NW of Hollister, CA · 1889 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02km NW of Hollister, CA · 1889 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 83
- 2.212km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.712km NW of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.915km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 50
- 1.68km WNW of Greenfield, CA · 1888 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.72km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.517km NE of Pinnacles, CA · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Pinnacles, CA · 1887 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.29km ENE of San Martin, CA · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1886 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.911km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1884 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 1.98km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.87km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 2.28km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.67km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km N of Pinnacles, CA · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.76km SSW of San Ramon, CA · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 117
- 1.74km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.49km NE of San Martin, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 3.93km N of San Lorenzo, CA · 1923 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12,071 · tsunami flag
- 2.22km ENE of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.911km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.812km SE of Pinnacles, CA · 1924 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.715km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1924 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.816km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.114km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.714km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1926 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.110km S of Tres Pinos, CA · 1926 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1926 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.712km NE of Hollister, CA · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.65km NNW of Pinnacles, CA · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73581701. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC.