California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 19 km N of Big Bend, California

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 19 km N of Big Bend, California on Mon, May 13, 1985, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 6 km N of Millville, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-05-13 10:04:09 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.193° N, 121.919° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km WNW of Lakehead, California · 15112 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.716 km NE of Mineral, California · 15109 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.510 km W of Dunsmuir, California · 15099 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.64 km ENE of Dunsmuir, California · 15095 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.814 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15093 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.915 km E of Montague, California · 15092 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.915 km E of Cottonwood, California · 15087 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.56 km N of Millville, California · 15085 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.85 km E of Redding, California · 15082 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.724 km NE of Old Station, California · 15072 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.88 km NNW of McCloud, California · 15069 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.77 km SSW of Lakehead, California · 15068 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.6Northern California · 15068 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.811 km W of Trinity Center, California · 15062 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.813 km WSW of Mount Hebron, California · 15062 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.87 km SSW of Hat Creek, California · 15057 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 2.412 km ENE of Shingletown, California · 15115 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.912 km ENE of Bend, California · 15122 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.324 km SSW of Etna, California · 15127 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.620 km SE of Bieber, CA · 15127 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc47730. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.