M2.5 earthquake 61km E of Big Pine, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (mc), micro

Local time

Sat, Aug 24, 1985, 11:39 AM PDT

UTC

1985-08-24 18:39:36 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.219° N, 117.604° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

223°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Big Pine, CaliforniaPopulation 1,756. Forecast61 kmE
• Exeter, CaliforniaPopulation 10,548. Forecast171 kmNE
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast180 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast357 kmN

After

1. 1.67 km ESE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:53 AM PDT · 15002 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
2. 2.02 km WNW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 5:33 AM PDT · 15002 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
3. 2.13 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 7:53 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.120 km SSE of Dyer, NevadaMon, Aug 26, 7:58 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.53 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:04 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.73 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:10 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.63 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:14 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
8. 1.63 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:22 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.63 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 8:33 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.83 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 9:00 PM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
11. 2.03 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 8:08 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
12. 1.55 km SSW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 2:12 PM PDT · 14997 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.93 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 3:29 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
14. 2.63 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 5:12 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.93 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 5:24 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
16. 2.23 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 8:00 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
17. 1.64 km N of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 8:48 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
18. 1.75 km SSW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 2:23 AM PDT · 14996 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
19. 3.722 km E of Big Pine, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 12:45 PM PDT · 14994 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
20. 1.84 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 12:18 PM PDT · 14993 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
21. 1.81 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 5:31 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
22. 2.417km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CASat, Sep 7, 7:30 AM PDT · 14990 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
23. 1.92 km W of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 9:34 AM PDT · 14989 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
24. 2.14 km SE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Sep 13, 5:01 AM PDT · 14984 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
25. 1.94 km S of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 8:43 PM PDT · 14981 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
26. 1.83 km WSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 5:16 PM PDT · 14980 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
27. 3.56 km SW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Sep 17, 10:17 PM PDT · 14979 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
28. 3.61 km ENE of Round Valley, CaliforniaFri, Sep 20, 10:21 PM PDT · 14976 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
29. 1.61 km ENE of Round Valley, CaliforniaFri, Sep 20, 10:36 PM PDT · 14976 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
30. 2.84 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 1:20 AM PDT · 14975 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
31. 2.62 km SSE of Round Valley, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 12:11 PM PDT · 14974 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
32. 1.65 km N of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Sep 23, 1:20 AM PDT · 14974 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
33. 3.65 km S of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Sep 23, 2:10 AM PDT · 14974 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
34. 1.85 km NW of Round Valley, CaliforniaMon, Sep 23, 5:21 PM PDT · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
35. 2.126km ESE of Lone Pine, CAMon, Sep 23, 10:43 PM PDT · 14973 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
36. 1.524km NE of Olancha, CATue, Sep 24, 8:37 AM PDT · 14973 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
37. 1.82 km WNW of Round Valley, CaliforniaWed, Sep 25, 3:47 PM PDT · 14971 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
38. 1.65 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Sep 27, 1:23 PM PDT · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
39. 1.91 km ENE of Round Valley, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 1:39 AM PDT · 14968 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
40. 2.13 km N of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 8:42 AM PDT · 14962 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
41. 2.14 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 10:42 AM PDT · 14962 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
42. 2.418 km S of Big Pine, CaliforniaThu, Oct 10, 5:17 PM PDT · 14956 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
43. 1.512 km SSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaSat, Oct 12, 8:11 PM PDT · 14954 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
44. 2.26 km ENE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 3:44 AM PDT · 14954 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
45. 1.51 km WNW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 4:02 PM PDT · 14947 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
46. 1.817km NNE of Olancha, CASat, Oct 19, 11:07 PM PDT · 14947 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
47. 1.64 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Oct 20, 6:14 AM PDT · 14947 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
48. 2.126km ESE of Lone Pine, CASun, Oct 20, 4:12 PM PDT · 14946 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away

Before

1. 2.461km E of Big Pine, CASat, Aug 24, 1:14 AM PDT · 15004 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.62 km NW of Round Valley, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:47 AM PDT · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
3. 2.42 km SSE of Round Valley, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 4:45 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
4. 1.62 km SSE of Round Valley, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 4:11 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
5. 1.92 km SSE of Round Valley, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 3:01 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
6. 3.5California-Nevada border regionThu, Aug 22, 2:51 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
7. 1.82 km NNW of Mesa, CaliforniaWed, Aug 21, 10:58 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
8. 3.251km SSW of Tonopah, NVWed, Aug 21, 9:58 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
9. 2.848km SSW of Tonopah, NVWed, Aug 21, 8:53 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
10. 2.651km SSW of Tonopah, NVWed, Aug 21, 8:47 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
11. 4.019 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Aug 21, 8:15 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
12. 2.548km S of Tonopah, NVWed, Aug 21, 8:05 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
13. 3.010 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Aug 21, 7:27 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
14. 1.74 km S of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Aug 21, 2:45 PM PDT · 15006 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
15. 2.04 km ESE of Bishop, CaliforniaWed, Aug 21, 5:31 AM PDT · 15007 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
16. 1.66 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 17, 6:08 PM PDT · 15010 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
17. 1.77 km N of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 17, 4:46 PM PDT · 15010 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
18. 2.15 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 17, 2:30 AM PDT · 15011 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
19. 1.85 km NW of Round Valley, CaliforniaFri, Aug 16, 10:04 PM PDT · 15011 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
20. 1.81 km SSW of Round Valley, CaliforniaFri, Aug 16, 9:35 AM PDT · 15012 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci111183. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.