M1.7 earthquake 13 km NNE of Coalinga, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, May 5, 1985, 11:38 PM PDT

UTC

1985-05-06 06:38:10 UTC

Depth

9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.254° N, 120.316° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

93°

Stations used

13

• Coalinga, CaliforniaPopulation 16,564. Forecast13 kmNNE
• Fresno, CaliforniaPopulation 542,107. Forecast73 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast309 kmNW

After

1. 2.18 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 7:31 AM PDT · 15114 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
2. 1.614 km NNE of Shandon, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 1:40 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
3. 1.616 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 6:12 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
4. 1.921 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 10:23 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.510 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, May 8, 12:47 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
6. 2.0Central CaliforniaWed, May 8, 2:07 PM PDT · 15112 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
7. 2.15 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 7:49 AM PDT · 15111 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
8. 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 8:51 AM PDT · 15111 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
9. 2.510 km NW of Bradley, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 10:41 PM PDT · 15111 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
10. 1.52 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 11:57 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
11. 1.710 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 7:22 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
12. 4.37 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 1:59 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
13. 1.98 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 2:03 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
14. 1.78 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 3:07 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
15. 1.522 km ENE of San Lucas, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 10:36 PM PDT · 15109 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
16. 2.136 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 8:47 PM PDT · 15108 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
17. 1.937 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 10:10 PM PDT · 15108 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
18. 1.536 km W of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 12:02 PM PDT · 15107 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
19. 2.410 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 2:09 PM PDT · 15107 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
20. 1.924 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 10:23 PM PDT · 15107 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
21. 1.612 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, May 14, 7:35 AM PDT · 15106 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
22. 2.08 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaTue, May 14, 7:55 AM PDT · 15106 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
23. 2.321 km SW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 7:14 AM PDT · 15102 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
24. 1.69 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 8:06 AM PDT · 15102 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
25. 2.020 km SW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 10:14 AM PDT · 15102 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
26. 2.533 km NE of King City, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 8:20 PM PDT · 15102 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
27. 1.717 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 11:16 PM PDT · 15102 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
28. 1.711 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 19, 3:18 AM PDT · 15101 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
29. 1.622 km NE of Soledad, CASun, May 19, 4:27 AM PDT · 15101 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
30. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 6:05 PM PDT · 15100 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
31. 3.114 km SE of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, May 21, 6:24 AM PDT · 15099 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
32. 1.918 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaWed, May 22, 2:36 PM PDT · 15098 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
33. 2.04 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 23, 8:33 AM PDT · 15097 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.120 km SW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaThu, May 23, 8:59 AM PDT · 15097 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
35. 2.110 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 23, 9:17 PM PDT · 15097 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
36. 2.022 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 5:07 PM PDT · 15096 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
37. 3.37km NW of Parkfield, CAFri, May 24, 9:19 PM PDT · 15096 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
38. 2.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, May 26, 5:33 AM PDT · 15094 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
39. 1.810 km WSW of Huron, CaliforniaSun, May 26, 11:13 PM PDT · 15094 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
40. 1.920 km SW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 9:58 AM PDT · 15091 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
41. 1.817 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 2:01 PM PDT · 15091 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
42. 1.642 km SSW of South Dos Palos, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 10:04 PM PDT · 15091 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
43. 1.515 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 5:21 AM PDT · 15090 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
44. 2.610 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 8:39 AM PDT · 15089 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
45. 2.312 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 5:41 PM PDT · 15089 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
46. 1.524 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 8:49 AM PDT · 15088 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
47. 1.714 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 10:04 AM PDT · 15088 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
48. 1.67 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 11:44 AM PDT · 15088 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
49. 2.38 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 11:52 PM PDT · 15088 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
50. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 6:25 AM PDT · 15087 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
51. 1.610 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 11:23 AM PDT · 15087 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
52. 1.725 km WNW of Three Rocks, CaliforniaMon, Jun 3, 3:25 AM PDT · 15086 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
53. 2.116 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 7:09 AM PDT · 15085 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
54. 1.87 km E of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Jun 4, 3:09 PM PDT · 15085 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
55. 2.37 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 5, 2:01 AM PDT · 15085 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
56. 1.712 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaWed, Jun 5, 8:04 PM PDT · 15084 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
57. 2.521 km NNE of Soledad, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 1:57 AM PDT · 15083 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
58. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 2:43 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
59. 1.810 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 6:45 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
60. 1.811 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Jun 7, 11:30 PM PDT · 15082 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

1. 2.521 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 8:13 PM PDT · 15115 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
2. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 2:03 PM PDT · 15115 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
3. 1.916 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 8:04 PM PDT · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.220 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 11:38 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
5. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, May 4, 6:08 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
6. 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:22 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
7. 2.112 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 11:20 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
8. 3.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 7:47 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
9. 2.615 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 6:59 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
10. 1.58 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 6:05 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.08 km S of Huron, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 5:41 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
12. 2.815 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 8:05 PM PDT · 15120 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
13. 1.630 km NE of Soledad, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 3:54 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
14. 1.68 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 2:48 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.210 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 5:45 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
16. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 1:17 AM PDT · 15122 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
17. 1.713 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 11:33 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
18. 1.624 km ENE of Soledad, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 3:12 PM PST · 15123 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
19. 1.624 km NE of Greenfield, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 7:57 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
20. 3.012 km S of Tres Pinos, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 5:06 AM PST · 15123 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc47268. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.