California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 19km SW of Lamont, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 19km SW of Lamont, CA on Tue, Jul 16, 1985, 3:47 AM PDT (10:47 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 10km NW of Frazier Park, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (Mc), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1985-07-16 10:47:57 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.128° N, 119.052° 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.

Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
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: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.725km S of Bodfish, CA · 15055 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.026km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15055 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.626km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15054 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.88km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 15054 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.925km E of Maricopa, CA · 15050 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.323km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15049 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.510km NE of Kernville, CA · 15048 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.69km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 15047 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.26km NW of Santa Paula, CA · 15046 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.214km ESE of Arvin, CA · 15046 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.614km SW of Lamont, CA · 15043 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.225km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15042 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.49km ESE of Carpinteria, CA · 15042 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.46km NE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15042 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.63km SE of Valencia, CA · 15041 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.617km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15040 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 1.711km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 15039 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.60km SSE of Castaic, CA · 15034 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.333km NW of Buttonwillow, CA · 15032 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.619km SW of Lamont, CA · 15028 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.113km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 15026 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.114km N of Castaic, CA · 15024 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.820km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 15022 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 2.710km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 15017 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.86km W of Kernville, CA · 15015 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.023km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15014 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 1.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15010 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.610km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15010 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 1.74km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 15010 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.012km SW of Lamont, CA · 15009 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.924km NNW of Ojai, CA · 15009 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.820km SW of Lamont, CA · 15004 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.89km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 15003 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15002 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.43km SW of Valencia, CA · 15000 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.913km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 14999 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.813km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.028km NW of Ojai, CA · 14998 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.810km W of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15055 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.64km W of Grapevine, CA · 15056 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.610km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15059 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.55km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15059 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.222km SW of Lamont, CA · 15060 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.54km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15061 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.84km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15061 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 3.15km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15062 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.510km S of Tehachapi, CA · 15062 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.821km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15069 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.421km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15069 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.020km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15070 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.620km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15070 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.33km E of Buttonwillow, CA · 15071 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.521km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15071 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.31km ENE of Ojai, CA · 15072 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.615km SSW of Neenach, CA · 15073 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.110km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 15074 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.415km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 15077 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.913km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15077 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci70644. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.