California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 18 km NW of Benton, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Benton, California on Tue, Dec 3, 1985, 4:36 AM PST (12:36 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 11 km NW of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-12-03 12:36:01 UTC
Depth
-1.5 km (-0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.953° N, 118.607° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.011 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 14902 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.34 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14901 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.84 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14901 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.413 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14901 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.54 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14901 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.78 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14900 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.54 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14900 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.69 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14900 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.711 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14899 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.014 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14899 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.311 km E of Bridgeport, California · 14899 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.510 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14899 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.518 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14898 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.711 km NNE of Bass Lake, California · 14898 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 3.515 km ESE of Bridgeport, California · 14898 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.815 km ESE of Bridgeport, California · 14898 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.314 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14897 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14895 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.615 km SSW of Walker, California · 14895 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14894 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.64 km SE of Swall Meadows, California · 14892 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.66 km E of Swall Meadows, California · 14891 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.68 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14891 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.514 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14890 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.05 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14888 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.35 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14888 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 3.37 km NE of Big Pine, California · 14887 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.54 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14887 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 1.76 km ESE of Swall Meadows, California · 14886 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.37 km WSW of West Bishop, California · 14886 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.68 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14886 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14885 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14885 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.24 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14885 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.312 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14883 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 3.012 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14883 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.012 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14883 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14883 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.533 km NW of Benton, California · 14883 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.50 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.20 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.60 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.80 km W of Round Valley, California · 14882 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.610 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 14882 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 2.110 km S of Yosemite Valley, California · 14880 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.07 km NE of Big Pine, California · 14879 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.131 km NW of Benton, California · 14878 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.712 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14878 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.922 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14878 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.917 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14877 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.726 km E of Mono City, California · 14877 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.73 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 14877 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.14 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14875 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 3.74 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14875 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.95 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 14875 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.64 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14875 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.14 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14875 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.74 km SSW of Mesa, California · 14873 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.513 km WSW of Wilkerson, California · 14873 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.313 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14872 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 2.313 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14904 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.89 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14905 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14905 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.810 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14905 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.01 km WSW of Swall Meadows, California · 14906 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.02 km WSW of Swall Meadows, California · 14907 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.020 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14908 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.94 km N of Round Valley, California · 14909 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.89 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14909 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.92 km WNW of Swall Meadows, California · 14910 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.44 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14911 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.926 km N of Big Creek, California · 14912 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14912 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.61 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14913 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.63 km ENE of Bishop, California · 14913 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.59 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14914 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.19 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14914 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 3.39 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14914 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.111 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 14914 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.26 km ESE of Swall Meadows, California · 14914 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc60476. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.