California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 32 km ENE of Soledad, California

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 32 km ENE of Soledad, California on Sat, Jul 13, 1985, 1:31 PM PDT (20:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 5 km NE of Avenal, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-07-13 20:31:52 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.544° N, 120.992° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km NE of Avenal, California · 15018 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.112 km SW of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.53 km SSW of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.9Central California · 15017 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.29 km S of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.7Central California · 15017 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15017 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.510 km SSW of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.921 km NE of Soledad, California · 15017 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.612 km WSW of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.98 km NE of Avenal, California · 15017 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.811 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.66 km N of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.610 km S of Huron, California · 15016 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.11 km SSW of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.41 km SW of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.715 km E of Big Sur, California · 15016 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.17 km SW of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.08 km S of Huron, California · 15016 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.88 km S of Huron, California · 15016 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.96 km SSW of Huron, California · 15016 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.71 km SE of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.92 km W of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.55 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.55 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.75 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.69 km NNW of Avenal, California · 15015 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.45km SE of Huron, CA · 15015 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.85 km E of Interlaken, California · 15015 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.77 km N of Avenal, California · 15015 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.75 km E of Interlaken, California · 15015 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.87 km WNW of Del Monte Forest, California · 15015 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 1.78 km WNW of Coalinga, California · 15015 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.03 km N of Hollister, California · 15015 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.09 km S of Huron, California · 15015 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.57 km SSE of Huron, California · 15015 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15014 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.21 km SSE of Avenal, California · 15014 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.73 km ENE of Avenal, California · 15014 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 3.08 km S of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.18 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.96 km SW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15014 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.310 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 3.08 km S of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.17 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.56 km S of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.98 km S of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.510 km SSW of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.310 km SSW of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.410 km S of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15013 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.111 km S of Big Sur, California · 15012 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.911 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.97 km SSW of Huron, California · 15012 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.86 km N of Avenal, California · 15012 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.512 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15012 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.78 km S of Huron, California · 15012 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.68 km SSW of Huron, California · 15012 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 194.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc51074. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.