M2.0 earthquake 10 km E of Buck Meadows, California

Magnitude

2.0 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, Dec 8, 1985, 6:17 PM PST

UTC

1985-12-09 02:17:14 UTC

Depth

29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.812° N, 119.944° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

119°

Stations used

7

• Greeley Hill, CaliforniaPopulation 915. Forecast18 kmENE
• Merced, CaliforniaPopulation 82,436. Forecast74 kmNE
• Modesto, CaliforniaPopulation 211,266. Forecast95 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast445 kmNNW

After

1. 3.515 km ESE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:56 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
2. 1.815 km ESE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:59 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
3. 2.111 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Dec 9, 4:19 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
4. 1.811 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Dec 9, 6:25 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.88 km SSE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 1:44 AM PST · 14901 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
6. 1.812 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 9:06 PM PST · 14900 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.14 km S of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 11:49 PM PST · 14900 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.110 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 12:33 AM PST · 14900 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
9. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 5:51 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.310 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 12:20 PM PST · 14899 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
11. 1.615 km SSW of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 12:55 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
12. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 1:32 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
13. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 1:58 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 28 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.212 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 14, 2:40 AM PST · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.3Central CaliforniaSun, Dec 15, 4:51 PM PST · 14895 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
16. 2.210 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 17, 5:37 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.611 km ESE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 11:21 AM PST · 14891 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.210 km SE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 11:58 AM PST · 14891 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 2:38 PM PST · 14889 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
20. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 2:57 PM PST · 14889 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.24 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Dec 21, 10:20 PM PST · 14889 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
22. 1.88 km E of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 22, 11:43 PM PST · 14888 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
23. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 24, 5:02 PM PST · 14886 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
24. 2.36 km ESE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaWed, Dec 25, 9:21 PM PST · 14885 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
25. 2.110 km S of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaThu, Dec 26, 3:20 PM PST · 14884 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
26. 1.922 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 28, 11:39 PM PST · 14882 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
27. 1.88 km ESE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 29, 5:35 AM PST · 14881 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
28. 1.917 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 29, 5:50 AM PST · 14881 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
29. 2.313 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 3, 10:23 AM PST · 14876 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
30. 2.316 km W of Yosemite Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 4, 4:42 AM PST · 14875 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
31. 1.514 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Jan 5, 9:56 AM PST · 14874 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
32. 1.620 km NE of Bass Lake, CaliforniaTue, Jan 7, 12:20 AM PST · 14873 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
33. 1.614 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 8, 3:47 AM PST · 14871 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
34. 2.121 km ENE of Mono City, CaliforniaThu, Jan 9, 9:28 AM PST · 14870 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
35. 1.815 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 8:58 AM PST · 14869 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
36. 1.615 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 9:01 AM PST · 14869 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
37. 1.97 km N of Shaver Lake, CaliforniaFri, Jan 10, 4:06 PM PST · 14869 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
38. 1.619 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 11, 10:57 PM PST · 14868 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
39. 1.613 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Jan 12, 5:51 AM PST · 14867 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
40. 2.63 km NW of Shaver Lake, CaliforniaMon, Jan 13, 9:10 AM PST · 14866 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
41. 2.215 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 13, 11:00 AM PST · 14866 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
42. 1.914 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaFri, Jan 17, 2:11 AM PST · 14863 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
43. 1.67 km S of El Portal, CaliforniaFri, Jan 17, 3:39 AM PST · 14862 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
44. 1.515 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 3:33 AM PST · 14862 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
45. 1.613 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 3:59 AM PST · 14861 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
46. 2.19 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 5:53 AM PST · 14861 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
47. 2.64 km SSW of Markleeville, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 9:02 AM PST · 14861 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.416 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 10:06 AM PST · 14861 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
49. 1.89 km SSW of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jan 18, 11:34 PM PST · 14861 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
50. 2.711 km WNW of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Jan 19, 12:03 AM PST · 14861 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
51. 2.112 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 20, 3:29 AM PST · 14860 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
52. 2.08 km NNE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jan 24, 4:17 PM PST · 14855 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
53. 2.78 km ESE of Bass Lake, CaliforniaFri, Jan 24, 11:07 PM PST · 14855 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
54. 3.16 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jan 26, 6:02 PM PST · 14853 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
55. 1.613 km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jan 27, 10:51 AM PST · 14852 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
56. 1.86 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jan 28, 7:42 PM PST · 14851 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
57. 2.76 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jan 28, 8:42 PM PST · 14851 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
58. 1.66 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Jan 29, 4:40 PM PST · 14850 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
59. 1.612 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jan 30, 5:21 AM PST · 14849 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
60. 2.211 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 31, 6:09 PM PST · 14848 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

1. 3.39 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 4:47 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.711 km NNE of Bass Lake, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 4:38 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
3. 1.518 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:15 AM PST · 14902 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
4. 1.98 km SE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 6:30 AM PST · 14902 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
5. 2.311 km E of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 12:17 AM PST · 14903 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
6. 1.710 km SE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 8:06 AM PST · 14903 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.111 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 2:55 AM PST · 14904 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
8. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Dec 6, 1:04 PM PST · 14904 days ago · 30 km deep · 0 km away
9. 2.68 km S of Merced, CaliforniaThu, Dec 5, 8:12 PM PST · 14905 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
10. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 8:56 PM PST · 14907 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.810 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 11:52 AM PST · 14907 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.020 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 8:56 PM PST · 14912 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
13. 1.810 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Nov 26, 8:58 AM PST · 14914 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.926 km N of Big Creek, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 10:59 PM PST · 14916 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
15. 2.14 km ENE of Shaver Lake, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 4:39 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
16. 1.97 km ESE of El Portal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 3:22 AM PST · 14919 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
17. 1.74 km ESE of Columbia, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 12:26 AM PST · 14919 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
18. 2.718 km SE of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Nov 21, 4:26 AM PST · 14919 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
19. 2.811 km E of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Nov 20, 9:34 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
20. 1.75 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Nov 19, 3:38 PM PST · 14921 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc60949. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.