M3.0 earthquake 31km NW of Baker, CA
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 31km NW of Baker, CA on Wed, Aug 7, 1985, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 18km NE of Barstow, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mc), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-07 21:28:44 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.491° N, 116.271° 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.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 298°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.418km NE of Barstow, CA · 15022 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.910km ENE of Barstow, CA · 15016 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.013km ENE of Barstow, CA · 15016 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.212km NNE of Barstow, CA · 15008 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.434km WSW of Tecopa, CA · 15000 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.827km WNW of Ludlow, CA · 14993 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.531km WSW of Tecopa, CA · 14992 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.133km E of Barstow, CA · 14990 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.922km W of Ludlow, CA · 14986 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.336km SE of Fort Irwin, CA · 14986 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci108887 (also filed as usp0002hg0). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.