M1.7 earthquake 14 km NE of Redcrest, California

Magnitude

1.7 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, Dec 29, 1976, 9:57 PM PST

UTC

1976-12-30 05:57:24 UTC

Depth

21.2 km (13.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.487° N, 123.827° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

144°

Stations used

11

• Scotia, CaliforniaPopulation 850. Forecast23 kmE
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast30 kmESE
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast189 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast869 kmNNW

After

1. 1.528 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 1, 10:13 AM PST · 18171 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
2. 3.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 6:55 AM PST · 18171 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
3. 1.510 km N of Hayfork, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 2:40 PM PST · 18169 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
4. 1.620 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:04 PM PST · 18169 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
5. 2.455 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 10:46 PM PST · 18169 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
6. 1.625 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST · 18166 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
7. 1.726 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 4:50 AM PST · 18165 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
8. 2.211 km SW of Willow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 1:10 AM PST · 18163 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
9. 2.86 km E of Pine Hills, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 2:09 PM PST · 18162 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.625 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 1:18 AM PST · 18162 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
11. 3.330 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 3:15 AM PST · 18159 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
12. 3.25 km ENE of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 8:55 AM PST · 18158 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
13. 3.125 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 1:11 PM PST · 18158 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.66 km ESE of Hydesville, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 2:55 PM PST · 18157 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
15. 2.016 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 8:24 PM PST · 18157 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
16. 2.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 8:46 AM PST · 18156 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
17. 1.923 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 3:53 AM PST · 18155 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.15 km NNW of Manila, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:30 PM PST · 18154 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
19. 2.84 km NNW of Manila, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:46 PM PST · 18154 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
20. 2.56 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 8:14 PM PST · 18154 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
21. 2.26 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 11:44 PM PST · 18154 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
22. 3.33 km S of Ruth, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 8:04 AM PST · 18152 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
23. 3.012 km SE of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 1:28 PM PST · 18152 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
24. 3.051 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Jan 21, 12:56 AM PST · 18152 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
25. 1.52 km W of Phillipsville, CaliforniaFri, Jan 21, 9:50 AM PST · 18151 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
26. 1.624 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 21, 9:52 AM PST · 18151 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
27. 2.833 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 21, 2:12 PM PST · 18151 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
28. 2.34 km NE of Arcata, CaliforniaSun, Jan 23, 1:16 PM PST · 18149 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
29. 2.57 km N of Weaverville, CaliforniaSun, Jan 23, 10:52 PM PST · 18149 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
30. 2.110 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 10:10 PM PST · 18148 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
31. 2.523 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 25, 5:22 AM PST · 18148 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
32. 1.828 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Jan 26, 3:58 AM PST · 18147 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
33. 2.720 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 27, 2:20 AM PST · 18146 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
34. 1.744 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jan 27, 9:31 AM PST · 18145 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
35. 2.41 km W of Eureka, CaliforniaThu, Jan 27, 10:16 PM PST · 18145 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
36. 1.77 km SE of Pine Hills, CaliforniaFri, Jan 28, 5:24 AM PST · 18145 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
37. 2.128 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Jan 28, 10:34 PM PST · 18144 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
38. 2.729 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 29, 1:07 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
39. 2.335 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 29, 8:11 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
40. 1.710 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 1:38 AM PST · 18143 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
41. 2.410 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 1:41 AM PST · 18143 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
42. 1.611 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 1:51 AM PST · 18143 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
43. 2.610 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 2:02 AM PST · 18143 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
44. 1.610 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 3:56 PM PST · 18142 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
45. 1.823 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 9:07 PM PST · 18142 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
46. 2.510 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 12:00 AM PST · 18142 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
47. 2.310 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 12:01 AM PST · 18142 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
48. 2.110 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 12:01 AM PST · 18142 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
49. 1.610 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 12:02 AM PST · 18142 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
50. 1.76 km WSW of Trinidad, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 1:28 PM PST · 18141 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
51. 1.928 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 9:46 PM PST · 18141 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
52. 1.940 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 12:05 AM PST · 18141 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
53. 2.453 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 2:52 AM PST · 18141 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
54. 4.359 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 7:26 AM PST · 18140 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
55. 2.625 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 9:53 AM PST · 18140 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
56. 1.57 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, Feb 3, 5:12 AM PST · 18139 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
57. 2.410 km SW of Hayfork, CaliforniaThu, Feb 3, 12:06 PM PST · 18138 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
58. 4.029 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 5, 11:25 AM PST · 18136 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
59. 1.624 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 5, 11:34 AM PST · 18136 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
60. 2.334 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 6, 2:03 AM PST · 18136 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

1. 2.821 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 28, 11:55 PM PST · 18175 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
2. 2.533 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 28, 6:41 PM PST · 18175 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
3. 2.742 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 27, 3:30 PM PST · 18176 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
4. 1.829 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 1:04 PM PST · 18177 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
5. 2.029 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 12:13 PM PST · 18177 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
6. 1.60 km NW of Willow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 12:59 PM PST · 18179 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.717 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 8:48 AM PST · 18179 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
8. 3.335 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 5:09 PM PST · 18182 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
9. 1.731 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 20, 3:28 PM PST · 18183 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
10. 1.828 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 2:08 PM PST · 18185 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
11. 3.427 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 2:04 PM PST · 18185 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
12. 1.812 km N of Redcrest, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 1:37 PM PST · 18186 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
13. 1.920 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 11:55 AM PST · 18186 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
14. 1.635 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 4:14 AM PST · 18187 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
15. 2.325 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 1:45 AM PST · 18187 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
16. 1.62 km ENE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 5:59 AM PST · 18188 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
17. 2.413 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 11:10 PM PST · 18188 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
18. 2.113 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 9:12 PM PST · 18188 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
19. 1.70 km NNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 10:22 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
20. 2.959 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 7:27 PM PST · 18189 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1033025. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:27 AM UTC.