M2.7 earthquake 4km NE of Carson, CA

Magnitude

2.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, May 4, 1985, 1:17 AM PDT

UTC

1985-05-04 08:17:30 UTC

Depth

14.6 km (9.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.855° N, 118.254° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

89°

Stations used

0

• Carson, CaliforniaPopulation 93,281. Forecast4 kmNE
• Torrance, CaliforniaPopulation 143,592. Forecast8 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast22 kmS

After

1. 1.62km ESE of Loma Linda, CASat, May 4, 11:42 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
2. 2.02km ESE of Loma Linda, CASun, May 5, 9:42 AM PDT · 15115 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
3. 1.77km SSE of Loma Linda, CASun, May 5, 9:54 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
4. 1.73km ESE of Colton, CAMon, May 6, 1:54 AM PDT · 15114 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
5. 1.85km N of Moreno Valley, CAMon, May 6, 10:51 PM PDT · 15113 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
6. 2.02km NNE of Colton, CATue, May 7, 2:41 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
7. 1.83km NE of Colton, CATue, May 7, 3:31 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
8. 1.93km NNE of Colton, CATue, May 7, 5:15 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
9. 1.82km NNE of Colton, CATue, May 7, 6:13 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
10. 2.03km NE of Colton, CATue, May 7, 10:06 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
11. 1.92km WNW of Loma Linda, CATue, May 7, 11:26 PM PDT · 15112 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.21km ESE of Rossmoor, CAWed, May 8, 11:50 PM PDT · 15111 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.14km NNE of Fontana, CAThu, May 9, 9:55 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
14. 3.03km SSE of Loma Linda, CAFri, May 10, 6:23 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
15. 1.93km NNE of Colton, CAFri, May 10, 11:23 PM PDT · 15109 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
16. 1.63km ESE of Muscoy, CASat, May 11, 4:25 AM PDT · 15109 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
17. 1.71km N of Loma Linda, CASun, May 12, 2:13 AM PDT · 15108 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
18. 2.15km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CAMon, May 13, 4:42 AM PDT · 15107 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
19. 2.22km WSW of Granada Hills, CAMon, May 13, 5:20 AM PDT · 15107 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.612km SW of Port Hueneme, CAWed, May 15, 6:07 AM PDT · 15105 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
21. 2.11km WSW of Devore, CAWed, May 15, 11:54 AM PDT · 15105 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
22. 2.04km SE of Loma Linda, CAWed, May 15, 3:03 PM PDT · 15105 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
23. 1.81km SSE of Loma Linda, CAWed, May 15, 10:17 PM PDT · 15104 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
24. 1.91km ESE of La Habra, CAThu, May 16, 5:12 AM PDT · 15104 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
25. 1.78km SSW of Malibu Beach, CAThu, May 16, 2:03 PM PDT · 15104 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
26. 2.04km ESE of Yorba Linda, CAFri, May 17, 5:21 AM PDT · 15103 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
27. 2.048km SSW of San Clemente, CAFri, May 17, 2:44 PM PDT · 15103 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
28. 2.02km SW of Loma Linda, CAFri, May 17, 11:53 PM PDT · 15102 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
29. 2.02km SSE of Compton, CASat, May 18, 6:18 AM PDT · 15102 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
30. 2.08km WSW of Corona, CASat, May 18, 11:45 PM PDT · 15101 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
31. 1.911km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CAMon, May 20, 12:07 AM PDT · 15100 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
32. 2.06km W of Castaic, CAThu, May 23, 10:49 AM PDT · 15097 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
33. 2.02km NNE of Colton, CAFri, May 24, 2:56 AM PDT · 15096 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
34. 2.03km S of Valencia, CASat, May 25, 3:48 AM PDT · 15095 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
35. 1.83km N of Colton, CASun, May 26, 1:58 AM PDT · 15094 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
36. 1.51km SE of Loma Linda, CAMon, May 27, 4:51 PM PDT · 15093 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
37. 1.94km ESE of Seal Beach, CAMon, May 27, 11:29 PM PDT · 15092 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
38. 1.88km S of Seal Beach, CAMon, May 27, 11:33 PM PDT · 15092 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
39. 2.55km WNW of Huntington Beach, CATue, May 28, 2:20 AM PDT · 15092 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
40. 1.76km WSW of Corona, CATue, May 28, 9:27 PM PDT · 15091 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
41. 2.34km ENE of Moreno Valley, CAThu, May 30, 4:06 PM PDT · 15090 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
42. 2.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CASat, Jun 1, 4:31 AM PDT · 15088 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
43. 1.96km SSE of Chino Hills, CASat, Jun 1, 11:20 PM PDT · 15087 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
44. 2.110km WSW of Corona, CAMon, Jun 3, 1:40 AM PDT · 15086 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
45. 1.62km ESE of Muscoy, CAMon, Jun 3, 4:11 AM PDT · 15086 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
46. 1.64km SE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jun 4, 1:57 AM PDT · 15085 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
47. 1.82km WNW of San Bernardino, CATue, Jun 4, 4:26 AM PDT · 15085 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
48. 1.82km SW of Artesia, CATue, Jun 4, 12:27 PM PDT · 15085 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
49. 1.74km E of Silver Lake, CAFri, Jun 7, 12:44 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
50. 1.91km SW of Loma Linda, CAFri, Jun 7, 1:33 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
51. 1.57km N of Fontana, CAFri, Jun 7, 3:05 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
52. 1.514km WNW of Fallbrook, CASat, Jun 8, 1:01 AM PDT · 15081 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
53. 3.06km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CAMon, Jun 10, 5:50 AM PDT · 15079 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
54. 2.16km NNE of Yorba Linda, CAMon, Jun 10, 5:25 PM PDT · 15079 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
55. 1.76km NE of Yorba Linda, CAMon, Jun 10, 5:31 PM PDT · 15079 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
56. 1.92km SSW of Loma Linda, CATue, Jun 11, 12:43 AM PDT · 15078 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
57. 2.24km NNE of Fontana, CAWed, Jun 12, 5:07 AM PDT · 15077 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
58. 1.52km ENE of Muscoy, CAThu, Jun 13, 12:55 AM PDT · 15076 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
59. 2.03km SSW of Valencia, CAThu, Jun 13, 10:14 AM PDT · 15076 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
60. 1.87km SW of Pearblossum, CAThu, Jun 13, 10:36 AM PDT · 15076 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

1. 1.74km SSW of Compton, CASat, May 4, 1:08 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.213km SW of Marina del Rey, CAFri, May 3, 8:08 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
3. 1.62km SSE of Colton, CAFri, May 3, 4:18 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
4. 1.66km NW of Rancho Cucamonga, CAFri, May 3, 1:55 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
5. 1.84km NE of Carson, CAThu, May 2, 3:35 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
6. 1.612km S of Agua Dulce, CAMon, Apr 29, 10:59 PM PDT · 15120 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
7. 2.020km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, CAMon, Apr 29, 10:25 PM PDT · 15120 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
8. 1.714km N of Castaic, CASun, Apr 28, 5:52 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
9. 2.05km ESE of Yorba Linda, CASun, Apr 28, 6:15 AM PDT · 15122 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
10. 2.02km W of Loma Linda, CASat, Apr 27, 1:03 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
11. 2.18km WSW of Corona, CAFri, Apr 26, 4:16 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
12. 2.13km W of Loma Linda, CAFri, Apr 26, 1:28 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
13. 1.93km N of Fontana, CAThu, Apr 25, 10:51 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
14. 1.55km NE of Altadena, CAThu, Apr 25, 10:38 PM PST · 15124 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
15. 2.14km ENE of North Tustin, CAThu, Apr 25, 1:08 AM PST · 15125 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
16. 1.93km NE of Colton, CAWed, Apr 24, 10:52 PM PST · 15125 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
17. 2.58km SSW of San Joaquin Hills, CATue, Apr 23, 11:11 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
18. 1.913km WNW of Malibu, CAMon, Apr 22, 6:53 PM PST · 15128 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
19. 2.43km WNW of Willowbrook, CAMon, Apr 22, 5:44 PM PST · 15128 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.12km W of Loma Linda, CAMon, Apr 22, 1:23 AM PST · 15128 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci65619. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.