M1.7 earthquake 13 km NNE of Coalinga, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Mon, Apr 15, 1985, 9:35 PM PST

UTC

1985-04-16 05:35:03 UTC

Depth

9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.254° N, 120.305° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

123°

Stations used

6

• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast14 kmNNE
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast73 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast308 kmNW

After

1. 1.722 km NE of San Lucas, CaliforniaTue, Apr 16, 5:25 PM PST · 15142 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
2. 1.610 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:27 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
3. 2.012 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:28 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.612 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 1:32 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
5. 1.65 km S of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 6:58 PM PST · 15140 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
6. 2.111 km NNW of Whitley Gardens, CaliforniaFri, Apr 19, 12:42 PM PST · 15139 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
7. 1.826 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 10:12 AM PST · 15138 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
8. 1.516 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 12:53 PM PST · 15138 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.84 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 8:46 PM PST · 15137 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.318 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 11:15 PM PST · 15136 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
11. 1.817 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 3:18 PM PST · 15136 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
12. 2.923 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 22, 7:50 PM PST · 15136 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
13. 2.010 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 9:41 PM PST · 15135 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
14. 1.523 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 9:53 PM PST · 15135 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
15. 1.615 km NW of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:14 AM PST · 15134 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
16. 2.226 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:37 AM PST · 15134 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
17. 2.010 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 11:47 AM PST · 15134 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
18. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 5:05 PM PST · 15134 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
19. 1.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 6:12 PM PST · 15134 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
20. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 8:33 PM PST · 15134 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
21. 1.710 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 25, 8:38 PM PST · 15133 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
22. 1.68 km S of San Ardo, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 2:30 AM PST · 15132 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
23. 2.11 km SSW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 5:45 AM PST · 15132 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
24. 3.024 km ENE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 11:06 AM PST · 15132 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
25. 2.323 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Apr 26, 10:01 PM PST · 15132 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
26. 2.221 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 12:05 AM PST · 15131 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
27. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 7:57 AM PST · 15131 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
28. 1.624 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 3:12 PM PST · 15131 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
29. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 1:17 AM PDT · 15129 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
30. 2.210 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 5:45 AM PDT · 15129 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
31. 1.68 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 2:48 PM PDT · 15129 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
32. 1.630 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 3:54 PM PDT · 15129 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
33. 2.815 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 8:05 PM PDT · 15128 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
34. 2.08 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 5:41 PM PDT · 15126 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
35. 1.58 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 6:05 PM PDT · 15126 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
36. 2.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 6:59 AM PDT · 15125 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
37. 3.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 7:47 AM PDT · 15125 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
38. 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:22 AM PDT · 15125 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
39. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 6:08 AM PDT · 15124 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
40. 2.220 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 11:38 AM PDT · 15124 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
41. 1.916 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 8:04 PM PDT · 15124 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
42. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 2:03 PM PDT · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
43. 2.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 8:13 PM PDT · 15123 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
44. 1.713 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 11:38 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
45. 2.18 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 7:31 AM PDT · 15122 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
46. 1.614 km NNE of Shandon, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 1:40 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
47. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 6:12 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
48. 1.921 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 10:23 PM PDT · 15122 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
49. 2.510 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, May 8, 12:47 AM PDT · 15120 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.0Central CaliforniaWed, May 8, 2:07 PM PDT · 15120 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
51. 2.15 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 7:49 AM PDT · 15119 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
52. 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 8:51 AM PDT · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
53. 2.510 km NW of Bradley, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 10:41 PM PDT · 15119 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
54. 1.52 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 11:57 AM PDT · 15118 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
55. 1.710 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 7:22 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
56. 4.37 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 1:59 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
57. 1.98 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 2:03 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
58. 1.78 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 3:07 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
59. 1.522 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 10:36 PM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
60. 2.136 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 8:47 PM PDT · 15116 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

1. 2.5Central CaliforniaMon, Apr 15, 9:34 PM PST · 15143 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.29 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Apr 15, 7:41 PM PST · 15143 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.126 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 15, 1:52 AM PST · 15143 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
4. 1.98 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Apr 14, 7:33 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.927 km E of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSun, Apr 14, 3:45 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
6. 1.98 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSun, Apr 14, 1:40 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
7. 1.79 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Apr 14, 1:21 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.224 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 10:16 PM PST · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
9. 1.78 km E of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 3:25 PM PST · 15145 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
10. 1.724 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 12:21 PM PST · 15145 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
11. 2.324 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 7:22 AM PST · 15145 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
12. 3.123 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaFri, Apr 12, 5:37 PM PST · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
13. 1.610 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 11:39 PM PST · 15146 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
14. 1.64 km W of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 6:39 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
15. 1.529 km SSW of Los Banos, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 6:07 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
16. 1.66 km W of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 5:53 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
17. 2.224 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 5:39 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
18. 1.610 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 6:10 AM PST · 15147 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
19. 1.98 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Apr 10, 8:32 PM PST · 15148 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.819 km SSE of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Apr 10, 8:09 AM PST · 15148 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc46221. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC.