California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km WNW of Sattley, California

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Sattley, California on Thu, Aug 29, 1985, 9:28 PM PDT (04:28 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-08-30 04:28:47 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.623° N, 120.452° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km NW of Greenville, California · 14998 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.63 km NNW of Belden, California · 14995 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.14 km NW of Spring Garden, California · 14994 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.010 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada · 14994 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.03 km N of Hamilton Branch, California · 14984 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.63 km SE of Prattville, California · 14977 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.71 km SE of Chester, California · 14977 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.05 km SSW of Graeagle, California · 14973 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.91 km W of Sierraville, California · 14971 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.93 km SE of Prattville, California · 14971 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.54 km SSE of Prattville, California · 14971 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.63 km SE of Prattville, California · 14971 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.93 km SE of Prattville, California · 14971 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.15 km NNE of Belden, California · 14971 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.23 km ENE of Canyondam, California · 14971 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.56 km N of Truckee, California · 14970 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.54 km NNW of Lake Almanor Peninsula, California · 14968 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.12 km ESE of Hamilton Branch, California · 14967 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.52 km ESE of Prattville, California · 14966 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.211 km WNW of Floriston, California · 14964 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.311 km WNW of Floriston, California · 14964 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.03 km ENE of Canyondam, California · 14957 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.015 km N of Lake Davis, California · 14954 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.74 km SE of Palermo, California · 14953 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.010 km NE of Greenville, California · 14952 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.84 km S of Oroville East, California · 14949 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.03 km WNW of Greenville, California · 14949 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 3.04 km S of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.54 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.03 km SSW of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 2.23 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.34 km SSE of Nevada City, California · 14947 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.25 km NNW of Belden, California · 14945 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.31 km NNE of Susanville, California · 14944 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.83 km SSW of Susanville, California · 14944 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.14 km S of Sierraville, California · 14943 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.513 km NE of Lake Davis, California · 14943 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.811 km W of La Porte, California · 14943 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.910 km NNW of Truckee, California · 14940 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.34 km NNE of Plumas Eureka, California · 15000 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.93 km E of Sierraville, California · 15000 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.017 km S of Sierra Brooks, California · 15002 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.84 km E of Canyondam, California · 15002 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.64 km N of Belden, California · 15002 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.75 km NNE of Belden, California · 15003 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.65 km NNE of Belden, California · 15003 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.24 km N of Belden, California · 15003 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.94 km NW of Lake Almanor Country Club, California · 15004 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.54 km SE of Iron Horse, California · 15005 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.04 km NNW of Verdi, California · 15007 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.23 km SE of Prattville, California · 15008 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.63 km ESE of Prattville, California · 15009 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.14 km SSE of Canyondam, California · 15009 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.14 km S of Prattville, California · 15009 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.95 km NE of Crescent Mills, California · 15012 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.93 km SW of Canyondam, California · 15016 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.65 km SSW of Canyondam, California · 15016 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.32 km NNW of Plumas Eureka, California · 15017 days ago · -2 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.2Northern California · 15018 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc54245. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.