M1.6 earthquake 11 km WNW of Burney, California

Magnitude

1.6 (md), micro

Local time

Thu, Aug 8, 1985, 7:14 PM PDT

UTC

1985-08-09 02:14:31 UTC

Depth

4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.937° N, 121.777° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

110°

Stations used

11

• Burney, CaliforniaPopulation 3,154. Forecast11 kmWNW
• Shasta Lake, CaliforniaPopulation 10,159. Forecast58 kmENE
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast134 kmN
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast826 kmNNW

After

1. 1.512 km E of Paynes Creek, CaliforniaSat, Aug 10, 1:24 AM PDT · 15019 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
2. 2.18km NNW of French Gulch, CAMon, Aug 12, 9:48 PM PDT · 15016 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
3. 3.14 km S of Prattville, CaliforniaSun, Aug 18, 9:43 PM PDT · 15010 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
4. 1.63 km ESE of Prattville, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 1:19 PM PDT · 15009 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
5. 2.23 km SE of Prattville, CaliforniaTue, Aug 20, 10:51 AM PDT · 15008 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.96km ESE of Millville, CAThu, Aug 22, 8:09 AM PDT · 15006 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.113 km ESE of Carrick, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 4:53 AM PDT · 15005 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
8. 2.18 km ESE of Carrick, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 2:38 PM PDT · 15005 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
9. 1.94 km NW of Lake Almanor Country Club, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 10:14 PM PDT · 15005 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
10. 1.613 km E of Carrick, CaliforniaSat, Aug 24, 6:05 AM PDT · 15004 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
11. 1.99 km NNW of Old Station, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 9:11 AM PDT · 15002 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
12. 1.816 km ESE of Grenada, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 1:42 PM PDT · 14994 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
13. 1.813 km ESE of Mineral, CaliforniaTue, Sep 3, 5:33 PM PDT · 14994 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.69 km WNW of Anderson, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 3:16 AM PDT · 14993 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
15. 2.114 km NNE of Mineral, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 11:22 PM PDT · 14993 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
16. 2.613 km NNE of Mineral, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 11:22 PM PDT · 14993 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
17. 1.613 km NNE of Mineral, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 11:23 PM PDT · 14993 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
18. 1.613 km NNE of Mineral, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 1:18 AM PDT · 14993 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
19. 1.74 km SE of Montgomery Creek, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 10:43 PM PDT · 14989 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.721 km SW of Edgewood, CaliforniaMon, Sep 9, 2:03 PM PDT · 14988 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
21. 2.32 km NE of Anderson, CaliforniaTue, Sep 10, 12:30 PM PDT · 14987 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
22. 2.19 km ESE of Carrick, CaliforniaTue, Sep 10, 7:29 PM PDT · 14987 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away
23. 2.214 km SW of Trinity Center, CaliforniaWed, Sep 11, 4:52 AM PDT · 14986 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
24. 1.75 km NNE of Tennant, CaliforniaThu, Sep 12, 1:47 AM PDT · 14986 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
25. 2.03 km N of Hamilton Branch, CaliforniaThu, Sep 12, 4:55 PM PDT · 14985 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
26. 2.27 km SE of Millville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 12, 9:15 PM PDT · 14985 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
27. 1.713 km SE of Millville, CaliforniaFri, Sep 13, 7:49 AM PDT · 14984 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
28. 1.619 km NNE of Shingletown, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 12:12 AM PDT · 14983 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
29. 2.37 km SSE of Trinity Center, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 11:53 AM PDT · 14978 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
30. 1.624 km NW of McArthur, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 3:35 PM PDT · 14978 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
31. 1.63 km SE of Prattville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 6:15 PM PDT · 14978 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
32. 1.71 km SE of Chester, CaliforniaFri, Sep 20, 2:20 AM PDT · 14978 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
33. 1.93 km SE of Prattville, CaliforniaWed, Sep 25, 11:42 PM PDT · 14972 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
34. 1.63 km SE of Prattville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 1:34 AM PDT · 14972 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
35. 1.93 km SE of Prattville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 2:06 AM PDT · 14972 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
36. 1.54 km NNW of Lake Almanor Peninsula, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 3:14 AM PDT · 14968 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
37. 1.52 km ESE of Paynes Creek, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 5:33 AM PDT · 14968 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
38. 2.12 km ESE of Hamilton Branch, CaliforniaMon, Sep 30, 5:39 AM PDT · 14967 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
39. 1.813 km N of French Gulch, CaliforniaMon, Sep 30, 7:19 PM PDT · 14967 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
40. 1.52 km ESE of Prattville, CaliforniaTue, Oct 1, 1:19 PM PDT · 14966 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
41. 2.115 km SE of McCloud, CaliforniaWed, Oct 2, 5:13 PM PDT · 14965 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
42. 2.27 km NE of Redding, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 7:49 AM PDT · 14963 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away

Before

1. 2.03 km ESE of Prattville, CaliforniaTue, Aug 6, 3:42 AM PDT · 15022 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
2. 1.514 km E of Cottonwood, CaliforniaSun, Aug 4, 8:39 AM PDT · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
3. 2.0Northern CaliforniaMon, Jul 22, 11:30 AM PDT · 15037 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
4. 1.78 km SSW of Hat Creek, CaliforniaSun, Jul 14, 2:02 PM PDT · 15045 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc52485. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.