California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km SE of Bear Valley, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Bear Valley, California on Sun, Dec 8, 1985, 6:30 AM PST (14:30 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km E of Buck Meadows, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-12-08 14:30:39 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.507° N, 120.061° W
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 1.6 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.518 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14902 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.711 km NNE of Bass Lake, California · 14902 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.39 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14902 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.010 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14902 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.111 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14901 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.811 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14901 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.88 km SSE of Buck Meadows, California · 14901 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.812 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14900 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.14 km S of Buck Meadows, California · 14900 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.110 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14900 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.310 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14899 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14898 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.212 km NE of Bear Valley, California · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.3Central California · 14895 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.210 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14894 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.611 km ESE of Buck Meadows, California · 14891 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.210 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14891 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.74 km NNE of Ripon, California · 14888 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.88 km E of Greeley Hill, California · 14888 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14886 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.36 km ESE of Greeley Hill, California · 14885 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.110 km S of Yosemite Valley, California · 14884 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.922 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.88 km ESE of Greeley Hill, California · 14882 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 1.917 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.33 km NNE of Grayson, California · 14880 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.316 km W of Yosemite Lakes, California · 14876 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 1.620 km NE of Bass Lake, California · 14873 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.97 km N of Shaver Lake, California · 14869 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.63 km NW of Shaver Lake, California · 14867 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.215 km SE of Catheys Valley, California · 14866 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.67 km S of El Portal, California · 14863 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.416 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14862 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.89 km SSW of Yosemite Valley, California · 14861 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.711 km WNW of Yosemite Valley, California · 14861 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.112 km SSE of Catheys Valley, California · 14860 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.08 km NNE of Bear Valley, California · 14855 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.78 km ESE of Bass Lake, California · 14855 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.613 km NW of Yosemite Lakes, California · 14853 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.62 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14846 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.614 km SSE of Catheys Valley, California · 14845 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 1.710 km SE of Greeley Hill, California · 14904 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.111 km SE of Catheys Valley, California · 14904 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14904 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.68 km S of Merced, California · 14905 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14907 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.810 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14907 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.020 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14912 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.810 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14915 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.926 km N of Big Creek, California · 14916 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.14 km ENE of Shaver Lake, California · 14918 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.97 km ESE of El Portal, California · 14919 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.74 km ESE of Columbia, California · 14919 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.811 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14921 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.912 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14925 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.628 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc60915. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:26 AM UTC.