M1.7 earthquake 12 km NE of Coalinga, California
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Coalinga, California on Wed, Jun 5, 1985, 8:04 PM PDT (03:04 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 7 km ENE of Coalinga, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-06-06 03:04:48 UTC
- Depth
- 8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.233° N, 120.274° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.97 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.16 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15038 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.111 km N of Coalinga, California · 15038 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15037 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4Central California · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.922 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.822 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.79 km N of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.622 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15035 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 15034 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Huron, California · 15034 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.522 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15034 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15034 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15034 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15033 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15033 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15032 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15032 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Coalinga, California · 15031 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.122 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15030 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15029 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Three Rocks, California · 15029 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of South Dos Palos, California · 15029 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15029 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.921 km NE of Soledad, California · 15029 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.024 km NE of Soledad, California · 15028 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.916 km N of San Simeon, California · 15026 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.222 km NE of Soledad, California · 15026 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.822 km NE of Soledad, California · 15026 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.79 km N of Coalinga, California · 15026 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15025 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.89 km SW of Huron, California · 15025 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Huron, California · 15025 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.78 km SW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.312km NW of Avenal, CA · 15024 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.78 km SSW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.68 km SW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.47km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 15024 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.011 km SSE of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.87 km WNW of Kettleman City, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.410 km SSE of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.68 km E of Kettleman City, California · 15024 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Kettleman City, California · 15024 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.511 km S of Huron, California · 15024 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.412 km SSW of Kettleman City, California · 15024 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Kettleman City, California · 15024 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Avenal, California · 15024 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Avenal, California · 15024 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
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