Earthquake Today: 3.3 Quake Hits Near Salinas, San Jose

Earthquake Today: 3.3 Quake Hits Near Salinas, San Jose
(USGS)
Zachary Stieber
1/15/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

An earthquake hit today in central California, one mile west of Hollister and 12 miles southeast of Gilroy.

The quake was magnitude 3.3. It hit at a depth of 5.9 miles (9.5 kilometers).

The quake also hit 14 miles east-northeast of Prunedale and 17 miles northeast of Salinas, the U.S. Geological Service reported.

For a bigger context, the quake hit 119 miles south of Sacramento and about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco.

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