California earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 14 km W of Coleville, California

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km W of Coleville, California on Thu, Nov 7, 1985, 12:30 PM PST (20:30 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 15 km ESE of Bridgeport, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1985-11-07 20:30:20 UTC
Depth
-1.9 km (-1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.568° N, 119.673° W
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, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.912 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14929 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.67 km NNE of Truckee, California · 14925 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.811 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14925 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.718 km SE of Walker, California · 14924 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.74 km ESE of Columbia, California · 14923 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.810 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14919 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.810 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14911 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14911 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.67 km NE of Truckee, California · 14910 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14908 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.311 km E of Bridgeport, California · 14907 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.39 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14906 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.010 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14906 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.515 km ESE of Bridgeport, California · 14906 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.815 km ESE of Bridgeport, California · 14906 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.111 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14905 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.811 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14905 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.88 km SSE of Buck Meadows, California · 14905 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.64 km SSE of Floriston, California · 14905 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.812 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14904 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.14 km S of Buck Meadows, California · 14904 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.110 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14904 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.310 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14903 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.615 km SSW of Walker, California · 14903 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 1.710 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14902 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.3Central California · 14899 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.210 km E of Buck Meadows, California · 14898 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.611 km ESE of Buck Meadows, California · 14895 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.210 km SE of Buck Meadows, California · 14895 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.88 km E of Greeley Hill, California · 14892 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.910 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 14890 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.36 km ESE of Greeley Hill, California · 14889 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 1.88 km ESE of Greeley Hill, California · 14886 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.726 km E of Mono City, California · 14885 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.635 km NW of Benton, California · 14880 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.632 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14943 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.53 km S of Coleville, California · 14948 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.65 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14951 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.615 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14958 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.06 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14958 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.9California-Nevada border region · 14963 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.618 km SE of Walker, California · 14963 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.418 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 14963 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.418 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 14963 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.718 km SE of Walker, California · 14963 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc58500. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.