M2.4 earthquake 24 km ENE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of Soledad, California on Sun, Mar 10, 1985, 10:30 PM PST (06:30 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 14 km N of Morgan Hill, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-11 06:30:56 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.503° N, 121.068° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.014 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15160 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.815 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15160 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.423 km NE of King City, California · 15159 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15159 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.722 km NE of Soledad, California · 15159 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 15159 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Huron, California · 15159 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.612 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15158 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15158 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15158 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.723 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15158 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15157 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.027 km E of Tres Pinos, California · 15157 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Hollister, California · 15157 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15156 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.323 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15155 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.811 km WSW of Huron, California · 15155 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7Central California · 15155 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.615 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15155 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15155 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.214 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15155 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15155 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.816 km N of Coalinga, California · 15155 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15155 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.015 km N of Coalinga, California · 15154 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.78 km N of Coalinga, California · 15154 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Huron, California · 15154 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.815 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15153 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.08 km E of Coalinga, California · 15153 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.913 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15153 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.321 km NE of Soledad, California · 15152 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15152 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15151 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.24 km N of Coalinga, California · 15151 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.93 km N of Coalinga, California · 15151 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15151 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.722 km NE of King City, California · 15151 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15151 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.719 km SE of Big Sur, California · 15150 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.514 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15149 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.723 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15149 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15149 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.627 km E of Tres Pinos, California · 15149 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15148 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15148 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.023 km NE of King City, California · 15148 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.026 km NW of San Simeon, California · 15148 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15147 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15147 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15146 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.411 km N of Coalinga, California · 15146 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15146 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Ridgemark, California · 15146 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.814 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15145 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 15145 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.9Central California · 15145 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.326 km NE of Soledad, California · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15144 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
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