M2.3 earthquake 11km SE of Hesperia, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11km SE of Hesperia, CA on Fri, May 3, 1985, 7:24 PM PDT (02:24 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 36km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-04 02:24:07 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.354° N, 117.217° 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.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.19km N of Cabazon, CA · 15083 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.233km SW of Ludlow, CA · 15082 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.212km NNE of Idyllwild, CA · 15082 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.74km E of Silver Lake, CA · 15082 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.91km SW of Loma Linda, CA · 15082 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.010km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 15082 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.57km N of Fontana, CA · 15082 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.69km E of Yucaipa, CA · 15082 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.833km SW of Ludlow, CA · 15082 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Idyllwild, CA · 15081 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Calimesa, CA · 15081 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.84km SE of Yucaipa, CA · 15081 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.816km ENE of Barstow, CA · 15081 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.54km WNW of Anza, CA · 15081 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.812km N of Banning, CA · 15081 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.012km N of Banning, CA · 15081 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.810km N of Banning, CA · 15081 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.934km SW of Ludlow, CA · 15080 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.336km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA · 15080 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.36km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15080 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.37km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15080 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15080 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.72km NE of Beaumont, CA · 15080 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.12km W of Big Bear City, CA · 15080 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.67km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15080 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.610km E of Yucaipa, CA · 15080 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.83km NNW of Big Bear City, CA · 15079 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.06km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CA · 15079 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.77km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15079 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.613km SSE of Joshua Tree, CA · 15079 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.57km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15079 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.16km NNE of Yorba Linda, CA · 15079 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.76km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 15079 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.92km SSW of Loma Linda, CA · 15079 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15078 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.322km WNW of Ludlow, CA · 15078 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822km WNW of Ludlow, CA · 15078 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.99km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15078 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.58km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15078 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15077 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Nuevo, CA · 15077 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Muscoy, CA · 15077 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.87km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 15076 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.63km NE of Menifee, CA · 15076 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.89km N of Banning, CA · 15075 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.03km SSW of San Bernardino, CA · 15075 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.66km W of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 15075 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.62km E of Cabazon, CA · 15075 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 15074 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.16km SE of Valle Vista, CA · 15074 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.01km N of Loma Linda, CA · 15074 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.91km N of Loma Linda, CA · 15074 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.81km ENE of Loma Linda, CA · 15074 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.43km S of San Dimas, CA · 15074 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.71km NE of Loma Linda, CA · 15073 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.912km W of Anza, CA · 15073 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.07km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 15073 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.111km S of Idyllwild, CA · 15073 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.810km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15073 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810km S of Cabazon, CA · 15073 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
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