M2.0 earthquake 23km ENE of Arvin, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Dec 11, 1985, 9:23 AM PST

UTC

1985-12-11 17:23:55 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.303° N, 118.608° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

114°

Stations used

0

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast16 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast23 kmENE
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast38 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast143 kmNNW

After

1. 1.86km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Dec 11, 9:29 AM PST · 14908 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.69km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 2:33 AM PST · 14907 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
3. 2.08km ENE of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:20 AM PST · 14907 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
4. 2.719km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:48 AM PST · 14907 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
5. 2.020km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:50 AM PST · 14907 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
6. 1.718km SSW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Dec 13, 10:37 PM PST · 14905 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
7. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 14, 1:11 PM PST · 14904 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
8. 1.614km SSW of Maricopa, CASun, Dec 15, 10:53 AM PST · 14904 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
9. 1.811km NE of Neenach, CASun, Dec 15, 3:41 PM PST · 14903 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
10. 1.917km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Dec 16, 1:24 AM PST · 14903 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
11. 1.56km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Dec 17, 9:08 AM PST · 14902 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.820km NW of Inyokern, CATue, Dec 17, 11:57 AM PST · 14901 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
13. 1.88km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 20, 1:43 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
14. 1.99km SSW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 21, 4:04 PM PST · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
15. 1.615km SSW of Gorman, CAMon, Dec 23, 8:23 PM PST · 14895 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
16. 1.618km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Dec 24, 8:25 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
17. 1.78km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 24, 8:35 PM PST · 14894 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
18. 2.416km NNW of Fillmore, CAWed, Dec 25, 5:02 AM PST · 14894 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
19. 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CAWed, Dec 25, 11:33 PM PST · 14893 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
20. 2.71km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 4:45 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
21. 2.41km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:12 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
22. 2.31km S of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:32 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
23. 2.511km WNW of Johannesburg, CAThu, Dec 26, 11:51 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
24. 2.519km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 29, 3:25 AM PST · 14890 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
25. 1.72km E of Castaic, CASun, Dec 29, 6:41 PM PST · 14889 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
26. 1.620km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 30, 5:24 AM PST · 14889 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
27. 2.112km ESE of Johannesburg, CAMon, Dec 30, 10:27 PM PST · 14888 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
28. 1.616km N of Fillmore, CATue, Dec 31, 12:22 AM PST · 14888 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
29. 1.811km WNW of Johannesburg, CATue, Dec 31, 6:20 PM PST · 14887 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
30. 2.020km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 3, 10:57 AM PST · 14885 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
31. 1.619km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 1:25 PM PST · 14883 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
32. 2.026km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 10:55 PM PST · 14883 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
33. 2.214km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Jan 5, 2:01 PM PST · 14882 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
34. 2.114km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Jan 7, 5:03 PM PST · 14880 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
35. 2.214km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Jan 7, 5:09 PM PST · 14880 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
36. 2.025km S of Bodfish, CATue, Jan 7, 9:55 PM PST · 14880 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
37. 1.93km SSE of Frazier Park, CAWed, Jan 8, 4:21 AM PST · 14880 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
38. 2.910km NW of Kernville, CAFri, Jan 10, 4:12 PM PST · 14877 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
39. 3.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 12, 1:41 AM PST · 14876 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
40. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jan 13, 12:30 PM PST · 14874 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
41. 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CATue, Jan 14, 1:04 AM PST · 14874 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
42. 1.65km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, Jan 15, 2:47 PM PST · 14872 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
43. 1.713km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Jan 18, 4:24 PM PST · 14869 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
44. 2.013km N of Taft, CAMon, Jan 20, 7:02 AM PST · 14868 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
45. 2.118km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 20, 8:05 AM PST · 14868 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
46. 2.025km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Jan 22, 2:43 PM PST · 14865 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
47. 1.97km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Jan 25, 2:25 AM PST · 14863 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
48. 2.34km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Jan 26, 5:34 PM PST · 14861 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
49. 2.121km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 28, 1:36 AM PST · 14860 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
50. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 28, 3:07 AM PST · 14860 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
51. 1.922km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 28, 12:24 PM PST · 14859 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
52. 1.94km NNW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Jan 28, 8:42 PM PST · 14859 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
53. 1.521km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 29, 12:04 PM PST · 14858 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
54. 2.61km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Jan 30, 12:10 AM PST · 14858 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
55. 1.66km NNE of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 2, 12:47 AM PST · 14855 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
56. 1.911km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Feb 4, 3:24 AM PST · 14853 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
57. 2.618km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 6, 10:24 AM PST · 14851 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
58. 1.619km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 6, 10:28 AM PST · 14851 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
59. 1.520km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Feb 7, 7:15 AM PST · 14850 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
60. 1.637km W of Coso Junction, CAFri, Feb 7, 11:59 AM PST · 14849 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

1. 2.222km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 11, 2:05 AM PST · 14908 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.819km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 10, 6:58 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
3. 1.99km SSW of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 9, 12:04 PM PST · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
4. 2.12km WNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Dec 8, 6:54 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
5. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Dec 8, 4:26 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
6. 1.515km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 7, 10:03 AM PST · 14912 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
7. 1.717km SE of Arvin, CAFri, Dec 6, 10:06 PM PST · 14912 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
8. 1.913km N of Castaic, CAFri, Dec 6, 1:31 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.519km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Dec 6, 12:00 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
10. 1.610km SSW of Arvin, CAThu, Dec 5, 11:01 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
11. 1.610km ESE of Edwards Air Force Base, CAThu, Dec 5, 4:35 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
12. 1.819km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Dec 4, 8:54 PM PST · 14914 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
13. 1.75km E of Kernville, CAWed, Dec 4, 4:05 PM PST · 14914 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.619km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 3, 9:45 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
15. 1.919km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 3, 8:54 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
16. 1.919km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 3, 6:49 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.79km SW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Dec 3, 8:35 AM PST · 14916 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
18. 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 1, 1:44 PM PST · 14917 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.06km NW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Nov 30, 11:39 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 28, 2:58 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci133799. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.