California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 16 km WSW of Durham, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Durham, California on Sat, Nov 9, 1985, 3:19 AM PST (11:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km WSW of Paradise, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-11-09 11:19:15 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.569° N, 121.969° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.48
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.823 km SE of Covelo, California · 14933 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.828 km W of Paskenta, California · 14931 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.65 km W of Robbins, California · 14930 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.630 km ENE of Covelo, California · 14929 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.08 km WSW of Paradise, California · 14927 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.77 km ENE of Nord, California · 14926 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.98 km W of Lodoga, California · 14925 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.51 km E of Knights Landing, California · 14924 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.726 km WNW of Paskenta, California · 14923 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.36 km ENE of Nord, California · 14922 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.915 km W of Manton, California · 14918 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.026 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 14917 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.03 km ESE of Clear Lake Riviera, California · 14915 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.334 km NW of Paskenta, California · 14915 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.612 km NE of Clearlake, California · 14915 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.321 km ENE of Clearlake, California · 14913 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.620 km ENE of Clearlake, California · 14913 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.930 km WNW of Paskenta, California · 14912 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.910 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14912 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.614 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14911 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.712 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14911 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.88 km N of Upper Lake, California · 14911 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.614 km E of Willows, California · 14905 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 1.69 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14899 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.89 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14899 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.916 km NE of Lucerne, California · 14897 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.624 km WNW of Paskenta, California · 14893 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.526 km W of Paskenta, California · 14889 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.722 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14888 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.61 km NW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14888 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.99 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14885 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.010 km NNE of Princeton, California · 14878 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 1.716 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 14874 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.18 km ENE of Lower Lake, California · 14874 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.919 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14873 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 1.89 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 14933 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.84 km W of Upper Lake, California · 14935 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.025 km W of Paskenta, California · 14935 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.714 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 14938 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.30 km WSW of Tehama, California · 14939 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.64 km SSW of Prattville, California · 14939 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.05 km SSE of Red Bluff, California · 14941 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.28 km NE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14941 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.418 km E of Potter Valley, California · 14941 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.48 km NE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14942 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.913 km E of Mineral, California · 14944 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.910 km WSW of Arbuckle, California · 14945 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.718 km NNE of Nice, California · 14946 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.65 km W of Arbuckle, California · 14946 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.527 km NNE of Potter Valley, California · 14948 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.34 km WSW of Chico, California · 14948 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.410 km SSE of Hamilton City, California · 14948 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.923 km WSW of Williams, California · 14949 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.811 km W of La Porte, California · 14949 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.25 km NNW of Belden, California · 14951 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc59579. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.