M2.6 earthquake 87 km WNW of Samoa, California

Magnitude

2.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Tue, Sep 18, 1979, 5:46 PM PDT

UTC

1979-09-19 00:46:28 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.986° N, 125.198° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 14.1 km horizontally, 17.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

321°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Manila, CaliforniaPopulation 784. Forecast88 kmW
• Eureka, CaliforniaPopulation 27,017. Forecast89 kmWNW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast317 kmWNW

After

1. 1.789 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 19, 3:54 AM PDT · 17179 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
2. 3.6118 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 21, 1:00 AM PDT · 17177 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
3. 1.929 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 21, 3:35 AM PDT · 17177 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
4. 1.852 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 22, 7:14 AM PDT · 17176 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
5. 2.076 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 23, 9:11 PM PDT · 17174 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
6. 3.8134 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 24, 1:07 AM PDT · 17174 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
7. 1.633 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 25, 12:53 PM PDT · 17172 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
8. 1.949 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Sep 26, 11:58 AM PDT · 17171 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
9. 3.550 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 27, 12:54 AM PDT · 17171 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
10. 1.937 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 27, 8:09 AM PDT · 17171 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
11. 3.435 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 27, 3:32 PM PDT · 17170 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
12. 2.172 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 27, 8:16 PM PDT · 17170 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
13. 2.316 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 28, 2:04 PM PDT · 17169 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
14. 3.775 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 28, 7:22 PM PDT · 17169 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
15. 2.4133 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 28, 8:13 PM PDT · 17169 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
16. 1.920 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 28, 9:23 PM PDT · 17169 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
17. 2.487 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 29, 7:59 PM PDT · 17168 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
18. 2.3111 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Oct 1, 2:52 PM PDT · 17166 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
19. 2.714 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaMon, Oct 1, 5:58 PM PDT · 17166 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
20. 2.719 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Oct 2, 9:51 PM PDT · 17165 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
21. 3.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 2, 11:40 PM PDT · 17165 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
22. 1.648 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 3, 5:16 AM PDT · 17165 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
23. 2.187 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 3, 7:46 PM PDT · 17164 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
24. 2.5136 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 4, 10:43 AM PDT · 17163 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
25. 2.526 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 5, 1:21 AM PDT · 17163 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
26. 2.399 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 6, 9:58 PM PDT · 17161 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
27. 1.722 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 7, 6:21 AM PDT · 17161 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
28. 2.2near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Oct 7, 1:52 PM PDT · 17160 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
29. 1.732 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 7, 5:41 PM PDT · 17160 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
30. 2.0near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Oct 8, 4:17 PM PDT · 17159 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
31. 1.964 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaThu, Oct 11, 11:04 PM PDT · 17156 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
32. 2.424 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, Oct 12, 7:39 AM PDT · 17156 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
33. 3.033 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 12, 9:18 AM PDT · 17156 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
34. 1.653 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 12, 8:55 PM PDT · 17155 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
35. 1.769 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, Oct 13, 1:25 AM PDT · 17155 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
36. 3.722 km W of Orick, CaliforniaSun, Oct 14, 10:03 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
37. 2.339 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 14, 4:32 PM PDT · 17153 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
38. 3.04 km NE of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Oct 14, 7:23 PM PDT · 17153 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
39. 2.9110 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 14, 7:50 PM PDT · 17153 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
40. 1.626 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 15, 1:42 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
41. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Oct 15, 11:49 AM PDT · 17152 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
42. 2.528 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 15, 11:37 PM PDT · 17152 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
43. 3.1101 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 16, 9:03 AM PDT · 17152 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
44. 2.089 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaTue, Oct 16, 11:20 AM PDT · 17151 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
45. 2.835 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 16, 6:55 PM PDT · 17151 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
46. 2.198 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 16, 8:17 PM PDT · 17151 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
47. 3.05 km N of Fortuna, CaliforniaWed, Oct 17, 4:38 PM PDT · 17150 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
48. 3.664 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 21, 4:34 AM PDT · 17147 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
49. 1.925 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 21, 7:10 PM PDT · 17146 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
50. 1.928 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 23, 9:05 PM PDT · 17144 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
51. 2.238 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 23, 11:07 PM PDT · 17144 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
52. 1.918 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 5:54 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
53. 2.630 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 8:19 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
54. 4.534 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 8:23 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
55. 2.534 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 8:39 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
56. 2.830 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 8:43 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
57. 1.934 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 8:55 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
58. 1.732 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 9:02 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
59. 1.732 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 9:11 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
60. 1.935 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 24, 9:23 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

1. 2.672 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSun, Sep 16, 1:51 PM PDT · 17181 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
2. 2.110 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaSat, Sep 15, 7:32 PM PDT · 17182 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
3. 1.529 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 14, 4:42 PM PDT · 17183 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
4. 2.567 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Sep 12, 12:12 AM PDT · 17186 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
5. 1.937 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 10, 5:50 AM PDT · 17188 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.824 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 9, 4:50 PM PDT · 17188 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.471 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 9, 12:01 PM PDT · 17188 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
8. 4.291 km WNW of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaWed, Sep 5, 2:42 AM PDT · 17193 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
9. 1.640 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 4, 2:53 AM PDT · 17194 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
10. 3.0off the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 2, 9:24 PM PDT · 17195 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
11. 2.070 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSun, Sep 2, 8:58 AM PDT · 17196 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
12. 1.924 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 2, 7:46 AM PDT · 17196 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
13. 2.5near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 2, 2:13 AM PDT · 17196 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
14. 1.911 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 1, 11:20 AM PDT · 17196 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
15. 1.732 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 1, 3:29 AM PDT · 17197 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
16. 1.714 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Aug 29, 2:59 AM PDT · 17200 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
17. 2.136 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Aug 27, 7:15 PM PDT · 17201 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
18. 1.729 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 26, 10:29 AM PDT · 17202 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
19. 1.775 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Aug 24, 6:47 AM PDT · 17205 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
20. 1.917 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Aug 24, 12:04 AM PDT · 17205 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1047896. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.