M2.1 earthquake 16km SE of Buttonwillow, CA

Magnitude

2.1 (mc), micro

Local time

Mon, Nov 25, 1985, 6:04 AM PST

UTC

1985-11-25 14:04:13 UTC

Depth

4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.305° N, 119.331° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

0

• Dustin Acres, CaliforniaPopulation 652. Forecast11 kmNNE
• Rosedale, CaliforniaPopulation 14,058. Forecast19 kmWSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast29 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast171 kmNW

After

1. 1.613km SSE of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 25, 6:04 PM PST · 14912 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
2. 2.113km SSE of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 25, 6:13 PM PST · 14912 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
3. 2.014km W of Grapevine, CAThu, Nov 28, 7:27 AM PST · 14910 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
4. 1.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 28, 2:58 PM PST · 14909 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.06km NW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Nov 30, 11:39 PM PST · 14907 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.012km E of Carpinteria, CASun, Dec 1, 12:16 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
7. 1.812km E of Carpinteria, CASun, Dec 1, 1:40 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 1, 1:44 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.88 km SE of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Dec 1, 7:22 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
10. 1.75km E of Kernville, CAWed, Dec 4, 4:05 PM PST · 14903 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
11. 1.611 km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Dec 5, 4:23 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
12. 1.610km SSW of Arvin, CAThu, Dec 5, 11:01 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
13. 1.717km SE of Arvin, CAFri, Dec 6, 10:06 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.39km N of Simmler, CAFri, Dec 6, 10:51 PM PST · 14901 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
15. 1.515km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 7, 10:03 AM PST · 14901 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
16. 2.410km N of Santa Barbara, CASun, Dec 8, 2:08 PM PST · 14899 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
17. 2.12km WNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Dec 8, 6:54 PM PST · 14899 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
18. 1.99km SSW of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 9, 12:04 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
19. 2.819km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 10, 6:58 AM PST · 14898 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
20. 2.222km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 11, 2:05 AM PST · 14897 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
21. 2.023km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 11, 9:23 AM PST · 14897 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
22. 1.69km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 2:33 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
23. 2.08km ENE of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:20 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
24. 2.719km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:48 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
25. 2.020km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:50 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
26. 2.113km NNW of Simmler, CAFri, Dec 13, 10:35 PM PST · 14894 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
27. 1.718km SSW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Dec 13, 10:37 PM PST · 14894 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
28. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 14, 1:11 PM PST · 14893 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
29. 1.614km SSW of Maricopa, CASun, Dec 15, 10:53 AM PST · 14892 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
30. 1.811km NE of Neenach, CASun, Dec 15, 3:41 PM PST · 14892 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
31. 1.917km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Dec 16, 1:24 AM PST · 14892 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
32. 1.88km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 20, 1:43 AM PST · 14888 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
33. 1.99km NW of Fillmore, CAFri, Dec 20, 11:34 AM PST · 14887 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
34. 1.99km SSW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 21, 4:04 PM PST · 14886 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
35. 1.615km SSW of Gorman, CAMon, Dec 23, 8:23 PM PST · 14884 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
36. 1.78km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 24, 8:35 PM PST · 14883 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
37. 2.416km NNW of Fillmore, CAWed, Dec 25, 5:02 AM PST · 14883 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
38. 1.75km SSW of Corcoran, CAWed, Dec 25, 1:32 PM PST · 14882 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
39. 2.71km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 4:45 AM PST · 14882 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
40. 2.41km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:12 AM PST · 14882 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
41. 2.31km S of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:32 AM PST · 14882 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
42. 2.519km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 29, 3:25 AM PST · 14879 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
43. 3.38km N of Simmler, CASun, Dec 29, 8:54 PM PST · 14878 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
44. 1.620km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 30, 5:24 AM PST · 14878 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
45. 1.616km N of Fillmore, CATue, Dec 31, 12:22 AM PST · 14877 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
46. 2.020km SW of Alpaugh, CAWed, Jan 1, 3:25 AM PST · 14876 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
47. 2.020km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 3, 10:57 AM PST · 14873 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
48. 1.619km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 1:25 PM PST · 14872 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
49. 2.026km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 10:55 PM PST · 14872 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
50. 2.025km S of Bodfish, CATue, Jan 7, 9:55 PM PST · 14869 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
51. 1.93km SSE of Frazier Park, CAWed, Jan 8, 4:21 AM PST · 14869 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
52. 2.18 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Jan 9, 5:42 AM PST · 14868 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
53. 2.910km NW of Kernville, CAFri, Jan 10, 4:12 PM PST · 14866 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
54. 3.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 12, 1:41 AM PST · 14865 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
55. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jan 13, 12:30 PM PST · 14863 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
56. 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CATue, Jan 14, 1:04 AM PST · 14863 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
57. 2.727km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAWed, Jan 15, 7:19 AM PST · 14862 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
58. 1.713km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Jan 18, 4:24 PM PST · 14858 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
59. 2.013km N of Taft, CAMon, Jan 20, 7:02 AM PST · 14857 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
60. 2.118km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 20, 8:05 AM PST · 14857 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

1. 2.27 km SE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 7:22 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
2. 2.024km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 21, 11:25 AM PST · 14916 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
3. 1.813 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Nov 21, 7:08 AM PST · 14917 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
4. 2.114km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Nov 14, 5:15 AM PST · 14924 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
5. 1.918km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 13, 4:34 PM PST · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
6. 1.83km SSE of Kernville, CAWed, Nov 13, 10:34 AM PST · 14925 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
7. 1.714km SSW of Gorman, CATue, Nov 12, 12:56 PM PST · 14925 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
8. 1.618km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Nov 6, 12:08 AM PST · 14932 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
9. 1.919km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Nov 5, 3:25 AM PST · 14933 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.918km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Nov 4, 8:20 PM PST · 14933 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
11. 2.17 km SE of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Nov 4, 2:44 PM PST · 14933 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.92km NNW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Nov 4, 9:14 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.43km N of Frazier Park, CAMon, Nov 4, 12:37 AM PST · 14934 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
14. 1.718km SE of Buttonwillow, CASun, Nov 3, 11:47 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.29km NW of Los Olivos, CASun, Nov 3, 11:05 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
16. 1.72km NNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Nov 3, 10:11 PM PST · 14934 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
17. 1.711km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 2, 2:36 AM PST · 14936 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
18. 1.921km SW of Lamont, CASat, Nov 2, 12:46 AM PST · 14936 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
19. 2.77 km SE of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Nov 1, 3:08 AM PST · 14937 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
20. 1.86 km SSE of Avenal, CaliforniaThu, Oct 31, 9:11 PM PST · 14937 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci132501. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC.