California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 6 km WSW of Meridian, California

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Meridian, California on Tue, May 21, 1985, 2:23 AM PDT (09:23 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km ESE of Williams, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-05-21 09:23:43 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.129° N, 121.993° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.08 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15092 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.612 km ENE of Upper Lake, California · 15091 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.85 km W of Cobb, California · 15091 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.17 km W of Cobb, California · 15090 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, California · 15090 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.510 km ESE of Williams, California · 15090 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.6Northern California · 15090 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.16 km E of Williams, California · 15090 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.810 km NNE of Arbuckle, California · 15089 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.69 km ESE of Williams, California · 15089 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.39 km SSW of Colusa, California · 15089 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.86 km SSW of Colusa, California · 15089 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.5Northern California · 15089 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.84 km SSW of Dunnigan, California · 15089 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.28 km NNE of Arbuckle, California · 15089 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.96 km W of Meridian, California · 15089 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.67 km SSW of Colusa, California · 15088 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.88 km W of Cobb, California · 15088 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.48 km W of Cobb, California · 15088 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.610 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15088 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.77 km NE of Clearlake, California · 15088 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 15087 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.65 km W of Lower Lake, California · 15087 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.86 km W of Lower Lake, California · 15087 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.65km WNW of Lakeport, CA · 15087 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.78 km W of Cobb, California · 15087 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.07 km WNW of Arbuckle, California · 15087 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.210 km NNE of Hopland, California · 15087 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.010 km NNE of Hopland, California · 15087 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.44 km S of Oroville East, California · 15086 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.27 km W of Cobb, California · 15086 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15086 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.722 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 15085 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 15085 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.24 km SW of Cobb, California · 15085 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.38 km E of Williams, California · 15085 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15084 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.014 km N of Upper Lake, California · 15084 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 15084 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.75 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15084 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.68 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15083 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.07 km NNE of Arbuckle, California · 15083 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 1.65 km NE of College City, California · 15083 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.79 km NW of Cobb, California · 15083 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.09 km ESE of Williams, California · 15082 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.26 km W of Cobb, California · 15082 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15082 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15082 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.98 km W of Cobb, California · 15082 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.910 km N of Arbuckle, California · 15081 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15081 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.85 km SW of Cobb, California · 15080 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 15079 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15079 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 15078 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15078 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.67 km NNE of Hopland, California · 15078 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.3Northern California · 15077 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.310 km NE of Vina, California · 15077 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 3.16 km W of Cobb, California · 15077 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 179.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc48685. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.