M1.7 earthquake 8 km N of Avenal, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, Aug 16, 1985, 6:26 PM PDT

UTC

1985-08-17 01:26:02 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.080° N, 120.118° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.49

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

150°

Stations used

6

• Avenal, CaliforniaPopulation 13,301. Forecast9 kmN
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast79 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast283 kmNW

After

1. 1.84 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 12:36 AM PDT · 15007 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.7Central CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 5:18 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
3. 1.75 km SE of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 7:55 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
4. 1.72 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 7:19 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.07 km ENE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:29 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
6. 1.77 km S of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 5:15 AM PDT · 15005 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.97 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 6:33 AM PDT · 15005 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.47 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 9:36 AM PDT · 15005 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
9. 1.58 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 12:05 PM PDT · 15005 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
10. 1.810 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 6:01 PM PDT · 15005 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
11. 1.75 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 6:57 PM PDT · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
12. 1.78 km WNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 24, 7:15 AM PDT · 15004 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
13. 1.918 km SSW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, Aug 24, 2:57 PM PDT · 15004 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
14. 1.622 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Aug 25, 7:59 AM PDT · 15003 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
15. 2.434 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, Aug 25, 3:02 PM PDT · 15003 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
16. 1.824 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSun, Aug 25, 8:14 PM PDT · 15003 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
17. 2.06 km ENE of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:28 AM PDT · 15002 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
18. 1.611 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:18 PM PDT · 15002 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
19. 1.523 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 4:09 PM PDT · 15002 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
20. 1.69 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 4:09 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
21. 1.711 km SW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 5:22 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
22. 2.25km SSE of Kettleman City, CATue, Aug 27, 6:58 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
23. 2.010 km SW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 9:08 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
24. 2.67 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 9:20 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
25. 1.85 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 10:26 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
26. 1.83 km SSE of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 10:57 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
27. 3.06 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 11:30 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
28. 3.21 km SSE of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 12:02 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
29. 2.14 km S of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 7:45 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
30. 1.74 km ESE of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 10:27 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
31. 1.79 km SW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 10:41 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
32. 1.87 km N of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 6:11 AM PDT · 15000 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
33. 1.77 km N of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 6:20 AM PDT · 15000 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
34. 1.97 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 7:40 PM PDT · 15000 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
35. 1.64 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 7:44 PM PDT · 15000 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
36. 1.76 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 10:50 PM PDT · 15000 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
37. 1.62 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 8:16 AM PDT · 14999 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.110 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 9:17 AM PDT · 14999 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
39. 2.17 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 10:36 AM PDT · 14999 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
40. 2.023 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 2:13 PM PDT · 14999 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
41. 2.023 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 6:38 PM PDT · 14999 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
42. 1.610 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 6:14 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
43. 2.09 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 6:39 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
44. 1.87 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 7:11 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
45. 1.61 km SW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
46. 1.823 km NE of King City, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 14998 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
47. 3.15 km W of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 6:25 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
48. 1.824 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 11:55 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
49. 2.29 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 3:57 PM PDT · 14997 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
50. 1.724 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 5:16 PM PDT · 14997 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
51. 2.78 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 3:16 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
52. 2.17 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 3:19 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
53. 2.2Central CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 7:10 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
54. 2.24 km NNE of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 10:08 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
55. 1.51 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 1:32 AM PDT · 14996 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
56. 1.61 km SW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 4:58 PM PDT · 14995 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
57. 1.92 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 9:59 PM PDT · 14995 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.98 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 12:11 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
59. 1.88 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 12:19 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
60. 1.59 km NW of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 11:33 AM PDT · 14994 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc55132. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.