M1.7 earthquake 1 km SW of Loleta, California

Magnitude

1.7 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, Nov 22, 1979, 9:17 AM PST

UTC

1979-11-22 17:17:30 UTC

Depth

17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.632° N, 124.239° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

157°

Stations used

8

• Loleta, CaliforniaPopulation 783. Forecast2 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast8 kmWNW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast227 kmWNW

After

1. 2.136 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 3:50 PM PST · 17116 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
2. 1.5near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 4:03 PM PST · 17116 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
3. 2.65 km WNW of Junction City, CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 11:27 PM PST · 17116 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
4. 1.653 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 23, 3:24 PM PST · 17115 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
5. 1.630 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 23, 5:26 PM PST · 17115 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
6. 1.527 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 23, 11:17 PM PST · 17115 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
7. 1.99 km ESE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaMon, Nov 26, 4:33 PM PST · 17112 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.87 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaTue, Nov 27, 3:25 PM PST · 17111 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.342 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 27, 7:24 PM PST · 17111 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
10. 2.267 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 27, 9:27 PM PST · 17111 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.296 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 27, 10:58 PM PST · 17111 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
12. 1.920 km NE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Nov 27, 11:42 PM PST · 17111 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
13. 1.616 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Nov 30, 3:42 AM PST · 17109 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
14. 2.216 km SE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaFri, Nov 30, 8:02 PM PST · 17108 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
15. 1.841 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 5, 3:14 AM PST · 17104 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
16. 2.070 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Dec 6, 10:58 AM PST · 17103 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
17. 1.620 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 12:50 AM PST · 17102 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.58 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 6:45 AM PST · 17102 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
19. 1.639 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 8:32 AM PST · 17102 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
20. 1.833 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 3:17 PM PST · 17101 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
21. 2.838 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 8, 5:31 AM PST · 17101 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
22. 3.138 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 8, 9:28 AM PST · 17101 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
23. 2.540 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 8, 11:00 AM PST · 17101 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
24. 1.62 km W of Bayview, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 1:05 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
25. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 3:33 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
26. 2.043 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 3:35 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
27. 1.80 km WNW of Humboldt Hill, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 4:38 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
28. 2.045 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 8:17 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
29. 2.128 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 6:10 PM PST · 17099 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
30. 2.145 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 11:59 PM PST · 17099 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
31. 1.738 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 10, 12:50 AM PST · 17099 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
32. 1.811 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaMon, Dec 10, 11:51 PM PST · 17098 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
33. 1.829 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 11, 11:50 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
34. 3.884 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 13, 1:09 AM PST · 17096 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
35. 3.177 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 13, 1:13 AM PST · 17096 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
36. 1.985 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, Dec 14, 12:46 AM PST · 17095 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
37. 1.62 km N of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 14, 6:39 AM PST · 17095 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
38. 3.14 km N of Myers Flat, CaliforniaFri, Dec 14, 12:34 PM PST · 17095 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
39. 1.613 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 15, 2:37 AM PST · 17094 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
40. 2.919 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 15, 5:21 PM PST · 17093 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
41. 1.518 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 15, 5:26 PM PST · 17093 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
42. 1.910 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 16, 4:38 AM PST · 17093 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
43. 2.18 km NW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaSun, Dec 16, 6:37 AM PST · 17093 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
44. 2.07 km NNE of Mad River, CaliforniaMon, Dec 17, 3:56 PM PST · 17091 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
45. 2.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 19, 2:18 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
46. 1.536 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 19, 9:38 PM PST · 17089 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
47. 2.321 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Dec 20, 7:24 AM PST · 17089 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
48. 2.134 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 4:06 PM PST · 17087 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
49. 1.857 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 4:02 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
50. 2.222 km NNE of Redcrest, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 8:58 PM PST · 17086 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
51. 1.619 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 10:18 PM PST · 17086 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
52. 1.836 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 24, 2:58 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
53. 2.01 km SSW of Humboldt Hill, CaliforniaMon, Dec 24, 2:27 PM PST · 17085 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.117 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 6:40 PM PST · 17082 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
55. 1.87 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, Dec 27, 7:38 AM PST · 17082 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
56. 3.044 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 28, 11:32 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
57. 2.49 km WNW of Willow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Dec 30, 12:30 AM PST · 17079 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
58. 1.57 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 2:37 PM PST · 17077 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
59. 1.935 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 2:54 PM PST · 17076 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
60. 1.66 km N of Fieldbrook, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 6:46 PM PST · 17076 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

1. 1.64 km ENE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 7:03 AM PST · 17117 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
2. 1.61 km SE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 6:06 AM PST · 17117 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
3. 2.247 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 21, 4:28 AM PST · 17118 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
4. 3.425 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Nov 21, 1:22 AM PST · 17118 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
5. 1.79 km SE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaMon, Nov 19, 3:05 PM PST · 17119 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
6. 1.68 km SSW of Junction City, CaliforniaSun, Nov 18, 10:00 PM PST · 17120 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.512 km SE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaFri, Nov 16, 11:57 AM PST · 17123 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
8. 2.46 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Nov 16, 9:01 AM PST · 17123 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
9. 1.69 km W of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, Nov 16, 1:32 AM PST · 17123 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
10. 2.497 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 13, 7:39 PM PST · 17125 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
11. 2.218 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Nov 13, 10:04 AM PST · 17126 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
12. 3.563 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 13, 4:46 AM PST · 17126 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
13. 2.513 km NNE of Redcrest, CaliforniaTue, Nov 13, 4:25 AM PST · 17126 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
14. 1.936 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 12, 10:09 AM PST · 17127 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
15. 2.37 km E of Mad River, CaliforniaSun, Nov 11, 3:23 PM PST · 17127 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
16. 1.77 km W of Willow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Nov 11, 3:04 AM PST · 17128 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
17. 2.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 11, 12:47 AM PST · 17128 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
18. 1.836 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 11, 12:25 AM PST · 17128 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
19. 1.819 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Nov 10, 3:54 AM PST · 17129 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.023 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Nov 9, 8:25 PM PST · 17129 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1048976. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC.