M3.3 earthquake 11km WNW of Garnet, CA

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 11km WNW of Garnet, CA on Sat, May 25, 1985, 8:50 AM PDT (15:50 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 33km ENE of Big Bear City, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.28	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · 4 stations
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs and Thousand Palms. Also felt at Fawnskin, Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage.

From the USGS event page for ci67812. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 181 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 181.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci67812 (also filed as usp0002f6a). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC.