M1.5 earthquake 27 km NNW of Benton, California

Magnitude

1.5 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Nov 9, 1985, 8:10 PM PST

UTC

1985-11-10 04:10:28 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.032° N, 118.647° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

77°

Stations used

9

• June Lake, CaliforniaPopulation 629. Forecast47 kmNE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast135 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast163 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast444 kmN

After

1. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 9, 10:09 PM PST · 14926 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
2. 1.67 km ESE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Nov 10, 3:47 AM PST · 14926 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
3. 1.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 11, 10:05 PM PST · 14924 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
4. 1.78 km WSW of Wilkerson, CaliforniaTue, Nov 12, 5:13 AM PST · 14924 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
5. 1.710 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Nov 12, 6:25 AM PST · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
6. 2.92 km SE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Nov 12, 3:25 PM PST · 14924 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
7. 1.62 km SE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Nov 12, 8:46 PM PST · 14923 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
8. 1.510 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Nov 13, 1:43 PM PST · 14923 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
9. 1.628 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaWed, Nov 13, 9:19 PM PST · 14922 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
10. 1.912 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaFri, Nov 15, 7:17 PM PST · 14921 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
11. 1.66 km WSW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Nov 16, 6:20 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
12. 1.78 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 16, 11:46 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
13. 1.930 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSat, Nov 16, 4:04 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
14. 1.713 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 16, 10:29 PM PST · 14919 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
15. 2.86 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Nov 17, 7:11 PM PST · 14919 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
16. 2.213 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Nov 17, 9:03 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
17. 2.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 3:13 AM PST · 14918 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
18. 3.111 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 4:13 AM PST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
19. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 6:50 AM PST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
20. 2.511 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 7:28 AM PST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
21. 2.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 7:29 AM PST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
22. 1.811 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 3:04 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
23. 2.19 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 5:28 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
24. 2.1California-Nevada border regionMon, Nov 18, 5:50 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
25. 3.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 9:30 PM PST · 14917 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
26. 2.5California-Nevada border regionMon, Nov 18, 9:49 PM PST · 14917 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
27. 2.02 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Nov 18, 9:49 PM PST · 14917 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
28. 2.81 km SSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 2:08 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
29. 1.71 km SSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 2:51 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
30. 1.91 km SSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 2:57 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
31. 2.86 km SW of West Bishop, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 8:46 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
32. 1.612 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 10:33 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
33. 1.610 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 1:52 PM PST · 14917 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
34. 1.75 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 3:38 PM PST · 14917 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
35. 2.226 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaWed, Nov 20, 11:58 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
36. 2.718 km SE of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Nov 21, 4:26 AM PST · 14915 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
37. 2.26 km ESE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 12:59 AM PST · 14914 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
38. 2.111 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 4:06 PM PST · 14914 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
39. 3.39 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 11:25 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
40. 2.19 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 12:31 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
41. 2.59 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 12:42 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
42. 1.63 km ENE of Bishop, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 4:42 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
43. 1.61 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 11:29 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
44. 2.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 11:04 AM PST · 14912 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
45. 1.926 km N of Big Creek, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 10:59 PM PST · 14911 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
46. 2.44 km WNW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Nov 25, 2:40 PM PST · 14911 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
47. 1.92 km WNW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Nov 26, 6:25 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
48. 1.89 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Nov 27, 3:14 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
49. 1.94 km N of Round Valley, CaliforniaWed, Nov 27, 8:47 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
50. 2.020 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 8:56 PM PST · 14907 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
51. 2.02 km WSW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Nov 29, 3:29 PM PST · 14907 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
52. 2.01 km WSW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 11:29 AM PST · 14906 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
53. 1.810 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Dec 1, 1:46 AM PST · 14905 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
54. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Dec 1, 4:28 AM PST · 14905 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
55. 2.89 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Dec 1, 10:26 PM PST · 14904 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
56. 2.313 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 6:52 PM PST · 14904 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
57. 1.618 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 4:36 AM PST · 14903 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.011 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 10:20 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
59. 2.34 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Dec 5, 1:16 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
60. 1.84 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Dec 5, 4:59 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

1. 1.711 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 9, 9:08 AM PST · 14927 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
2. 1.810 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Nov 8, 10:57 PM PST · 14927 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
3. 1.77 km ESE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Nov 8, 5:44 AM PST · 14928 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.5California-Nevada border regionThu, Nov 7, 5:33 PM PST · 14929 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
5. 1.68 km S of Wilkerson, CaliforniaWed, Nov 6, 8:47 PM PST · 14929 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.64 km N of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Nov 5, 4:26 AM PST · 14931 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
7. 1.54 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 4, 5:57 AM PST · 14932 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
8. 1.64 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 4, 1:09 AM PST · 14932 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
9. 2.51 km ESE of Round Valley, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 3:26 PM PST · 14933 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
10. 2.320 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 7:58 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
11. 2.10 km W of Round Valley, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 7:32 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
12. 1.87 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 2:30 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
13. 3.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 7:32 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
14. 2.811 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 4:00 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
15. 1.511 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 3:31 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
16. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 9:46 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
17. 1.632 km ENE of Lee Vining, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 3:05 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
18. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 2:35 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
19. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 2:35 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
20. 1.86 km S of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Nov 1, 11:38 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1132852. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.