M2.0 earthquake 24 km NE of Soledad, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 24 km NE of Soledad, California on Wed, Jul 31, 1985, 9:28 PM PDT (04:28 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 17 km NNW of Coalinga, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-01 04:28:02 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.546° N, 121.104° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.417 km NNW of Coalinga, California · 15020 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Huron, California · 15020 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Interlaken, California · 15020 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.710 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15019 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.522 km NE of San Lucas, California · 15019 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.610 km NNW of Avenal, California · 15019 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.49 km SSW of Huron, California · 15019 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Avenal, California · 15019 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.112 km SW of Huron, California · 15018 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Huron, California · 15018 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Central California · 15018 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7Central California · 15018 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15018 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Huron, California · 15018 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.921 km NE of Soledad, California · 15018 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Huron, California · 15018 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Coalinga, California · 15017 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.715 km E of Big Sur, California · 15017 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.88 km S of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Huron, California · 15017 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55 km E of Interlaken, California · 15017 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.55 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.75 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Avenal, California · 15016 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.85 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.75 km E of Interlaken, California · 15016 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Del Monte Forest, California · 15016 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Coalinga, California · 15016 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.03 km N of Hollister, California · 15016 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Soledad, California · 15015 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Huron, California · 15015 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Huron, California · 15015 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.723 km ENE of Soledad, California · 15015 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Huron, California · 15015 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km S of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.98 km S of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Huron, California · 15014 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15014 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.111 km S of Big Sur, California · 15013 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.911 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 15013 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.815 km E of Seven Trees, California · 15013 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.512 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15013 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.910 km SSW of Huron, California · 15013 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.18 km ENE of San Martin, California · 15012 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.814 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15012 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.614 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.511 km SSW of Huron, California · 15011 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Huron, California · 15010 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Huron, California · 15010 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc52051. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.