M2.1 earthquake 22 km NNE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 22 km NNE of Soledad, California on Thu, Jul 11, 1985, 9:22 PM PDT (04:22 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 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
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-12 04:22:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.593° N, 121.194° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.414 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15047 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of La Vina, California · 15047 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.815 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15047 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Central California · 15047 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.026 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15046 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.223 km NE of King City, California · 15046 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.211 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15046 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Parkfield, California · 15046 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.532 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15046 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.522 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 15046 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15045 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.414 km ENE of Salinas, California · 15045 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.124 km NE of Greenfield, California · 15045 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.514 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15044 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.622 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15044 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.820 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15044 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15044 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.018 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15043 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.913 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 15043 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.018 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15043 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15043 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.915 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15042 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15042 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79 km E of Coalinga, California · 15040 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.411 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15040 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15040 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611 km E of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.16 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15039 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15038 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.115 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15038 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.111 km N of Coalinga, California · 15038 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.515 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15037 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.022 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15037 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4Central California · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.922 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.822 km NNE of Soledad, California · 15036 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.79 km N of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Coalinga, California · 15035 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.622 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15034 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Three Rocks, California · 15034 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.522 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15034 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California · 15034 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15033 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of San Lucas, California · 15033 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15033 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15033 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Tres Pinos, California · 15032 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15032 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 15032 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Greenfield, California · 15031 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Big Sur, California · 15031 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Coalinga, California · 15031 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
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