Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Southern California Seismic Network: a cooperative project of
U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena California
Caltech Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Version #5: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
A micro earthquake occurred at 3:38:45 AM (PDT) on Friday, August 8, 2025.
The magnitude 0.7 event occurred 15 km (9 miles) NE (43 degrees) of Ridgecrest, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 4 km ( 2 miles).
| Magnitude | 0.7 - local magnitude (Ml) |
| Time | Friday, August 8, 2025 at 3:38:45 AM (PDT) Friday, August 8, 2025 at 10:38:45 (UTC) |
| Distance from |
Ridgecrest, CA - 15 km (9 miles) NE (43 degrees) Searles Valley, CA - 15 km (9 miles) WSW (250 degrees) Trona, CA - 17 km (11 miles) WSW (253 degrees) Inyokern, CA - 24 km (15 miles) ENE (70 degrees) Johannesburg, CA - 39 km (24 miles) N (10 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 35 deg. 43.2 min. N (35.720N), 117 deg. 33.7 min. W (117.561W) |
| Depth | 3.71 km (2.30 miles) |
| Quality | Fair |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=23, Nph=39, Dmin=11.1 km, Rmss=0.17 sec, Erho=0.26 km, Erzz=0.74 km, Gp=58 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci41256272 |
| Additional Information | Map |
For more information, see https://earthquake.usgs.gov
[
Index map ||
Big earthquake list ||
All earthquake list ||
Glossary of terms ||
Top page
]
[
Did you feel it? ||
ShakeMaps
|| Relative2Me
]
[ Data Sources ]
Special maps
Long Valley || Los Angeles || San Francisco
Data Sources
US and World - USGS/NEIC = National Earthquake Information Center
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Nevada - UNR = University of Nevada, Reno
Offshore = West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
...all members of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
