M2.8 earthquake 11 km E of Buck Meadows, California

Magnitude

2.8 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Nov 20, 1985, 9:34 AM PST

UTC

1985-11-20 17:34:50 UTC

Depth

30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.820° N, 119.935° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

112°

Stations used

9

• Greeley Hill, CaliforniaPopulation 915. Forecast19 kmENE
• Merced, CaliforniaPopulation 82,436. Forecast75 kmNE
• Modesto, CaliforniaPopulation 211,266. Forecast95 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast446 kmNNW

After

1. 2.718 km SE of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Nov 21, 4:26 AM PST · 14915 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
2. 1.74 km ESE of Columbia, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 12:26 AM PST · 14915 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
3. 1.97 km ESE of El Portal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 3:22 AM PST · 14914 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
4. 2.14 km ENE of Shaver Lake, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 4:39 PM PST · 14914 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.926 km N of Big Creek, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 10:59 PM PST · 14912 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
6. 1.810 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Nov 26, 8:58 AM PST · 14910 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.020 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 8:56 PM PST · 14908 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
8. 2.810 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 11:52 AM PST · 14903 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
9. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 8:56 PM PST · 14903 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
10. 2.68 km S of Merced, CaliforniaThu, Dec 5, 8:12 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
11. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Dec 6, 1:04 PM PST · 14900 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
12. 2.111 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 2:55 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
13. 1.710 km SE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 8:06 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
14. 2.014 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 6:28 PM PST · 14899 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
15. 2.311 km E of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 12:17 AM PST · 14899 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
16. 1.98 km SE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 6:30 AM PST · 14898 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
17. 1.518 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:15 AM PST · 14898 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
18. 1.711 km NNE of Bass Lake, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 4:38 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
19. 3.39 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 4:47 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.010 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 6:17 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
21. 3.515 km ESE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:56 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
22. 1.815 km ESE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:59 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
23. 2.111 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Dec 9, 4:19 PM PST · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
24. 1.811 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Dec 9, 6:25 PM PST · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
25. 1.88 km SSE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 1:44 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
26. 1.812 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 9:06 PM PST · 14896 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
27. 2.14 km S of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 11:49 PM PST · 14896 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
28. 2.110 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 12:33 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
29. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 5:51 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
30. 2.310 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 12:20 PM PST · 14895 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
31. 1.615 km SSW of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 12:55 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
32. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 1:32 AM PST · 14894 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
33. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 1:58 PM PST · 14894 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
34. 2.212 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 14, 2:40 AM PST · 14892 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
35. 2.3Central CaliforniaSun, Dec 15, 4:51 PM PST · 14891 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
36. 2.210 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 17, 5:37 AM PST · 14889 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
37. 2.611 km ESE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 11:21 AM PST · 14887 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
38. 2.210 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 11:58 AM PST · 14887 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 2:38 PM PST · 14885 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
40. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 2:57 PM PST · 14885 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
41. 2.24 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 10:20 PM PST · 14885 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
42. 1.88 km E of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 22, 11:43 PM PST · 14884 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
43. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 24, 5:02 PM PST · 14882 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
44. 2.36 km ESE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaWed, Dec 25, 9:21 PM PST · 14881 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.110 km S of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaThu, Dec 26, 3:20 PM PST · 14880 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
46. 1.922 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 28, 11:39 PM PST · 14878 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
47. 1.88 km ESE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 29, 5:35 AM PST · 14877 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
48. 1.917 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 29, 5:50 AM PST · 14877 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
49. 2.313 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 3, 10:23 AM PST · 14872 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
50. 2.316 km W of Yosemite Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 4, 4:42 AM PST · 14871 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
51. 1.514 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Jan 5, 9:56 AM PST · 14870 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
52. 1.620 km NE of Bass Lake, CaliforniaTue, Jan 7, 12:20 AM PST · 14869 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
53. 2.711 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Jan 7, 8:16 PM PST · 14868 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
54. 1.614 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 8, 3:47 AM PST · 14867 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
55. 2.121 km ENE of Mono City, CaliforniaThu, Jan 9, 9:28 AM PST · 14866 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
56. 1.815 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 8:58 AM PST · 14865 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
57. 1.615 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 9:01 AM PST · 14865 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
58. 1.97 km N of Shaver Lake, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 4:06 PM PST · 14865 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
59. 1.619 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 11, 10:57 PM PST · 14864 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
60. 1.613 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Jan 12, 5:51 AM PST · 14863 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

1. 1.75 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 3:38 PM PST · 14917 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.612 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 10:33 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
3. 2.213 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Nov 17, 9:03 PM PST · 14919 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
4. 2.86 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Nov 17, 7:11 PM PST · 14919 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
5. 1.713 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 16, 10:29 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.912 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaFri, Nov 15, 7:17 PM PST · 14921 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
7. 1.628 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaWed, Nov 13, 9:19 PM PST · 14923 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
8. 1.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Nov 11, 10:05 PM PST · 14925 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
9. 2.714 km W of Coleville, CaliforniaThu, Nov 7, 12:30 PM PST · 14929 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
10. 1.611 km W of Big Creek, CaliforniaTue, Nov 5, 9:32 AM PST · 14931 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.320 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 7:58 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
12. 1.87 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 2:30 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
13. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 9:46 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
14. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 2:35 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
15. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Nov 2, 2:35 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
16. 1.99 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Nov 1, 12:09 PM PST · 14935 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
17. 2.213 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Oct 31, 2:13 PM PST · 14936 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
18. 2.120 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaTue, Oct 29, 3:53 PM PST · 14938 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
19. 2.53 km S of Coleville, CaliforniaMon, Oct 28, 12:39 AM PST · 14940 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
20. 2.212 km WSW of Ahwahnee, CaliforniaSun, Oct 27, 3:41 PM PST · 14940 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc59522. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.