M2.0 earthquake 80 km WNW of Samoa, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 80 km WNW of Samoa, California on Fri, Jun 3, 1977, 4:30 AM PDT (11:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 73 km W of Ferndale, 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-06-03 11:30:10 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.986° N, 125.120° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 318°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.531 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 18017 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Manila, California · 18017 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.722 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 18015 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.728 km SW of Scotia, California · 18011 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Scotia, California · 18010 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Ferndale, California · 18010 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Ferndale, California · 18009 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.041 km W of Ferndale, California · 18009 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.160 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 18009 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.354 km W of Ferndale, California · 18008 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.940 km SW of Ferndale, California · 18007 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.08 km W of Rio Dell, California · 18007 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Fields Landing, California · 18005 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Westhaven-Moonstone, California · 18004 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Big Lagoon, California · 18004 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.732 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 18003 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 18003 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.526 km W of Indianola, California · 18002 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.777 km W of Trinidad, California · 18002 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.67 km W of Rio Dell, California · 18001 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 18001 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.048 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 18001 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.611 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.211 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.311 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.611 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.211 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.511 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.211 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.611 km WSW of Indianola, California · 18000 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17998 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.732 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17998 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.233 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17997 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Ferndale, California · 17996 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.868 km W of Ferndale, California · 17995 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 17992 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5112 km W of Ferndale, California · 17990 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.038 km SW of Ferndale, California · 17989 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.386 km W of Trinidad, California · 17986 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.292 km W of Ferndale, California · 17985 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.987 km W of Ferndale, California · 17985 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.987 km WNW of Samoa, California · 17983 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.064 km W of Indianola, California · 17982 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.839 km SW of Ferndale, California · 17981 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Indianola, California · 17981 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Scotia, California · 17977 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.919 km W of Samoa, California · 17976 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.039 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17974 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.773 km W of Ferndale, California · 17972 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.871 km W of Ferndale, California · 17972 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.167 km W of Ferndale, California · 17971 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 17971 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.634 km SW of Ferndale, California · 17969 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.328 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17968 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.738 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 17967 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.952 km W of Ferndale, California · 17966 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.141 km SW of Ferndale, California · 17965 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Samoa, California · 17964 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.631 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 17963 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 71.
Before
- 1.518 km WNW of Indianola, California · 18019 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.137 km SW of Ferndale, California · 18020 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.877 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 18021 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.628 km W of Ferndale, California · 18022 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.161 km W of Ferndale, California · 18022 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.225 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 18024 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km W of Samoa, California · 18025 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.743 km W of Ferndale, California · 18025 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.533 km SW of Ferndale, California · 18027 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 18027 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.740 km W of Ferndale, California · 18028 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.157 km W of Ferndale, California · 18032 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.432 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 18033 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Fields Landing, California · 18033 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Bayview, California · 18033 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6near the coast of Northern California · 18033 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.666 km W of Ferndale, California · 18034 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.468 km W of Trinidad, California · 18035 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.316 km WSW of Scotia, California · 18037 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.117 km WSW of Scotia, California · 18038 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1035347. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC.