M4.2 earthquake 118 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

4.2 (md), light

Local time

Wed, Nov 26, 1980, 8:42 AM PST

UTC

1980-11-26 16:42:48 UTC

Depth

7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.565° N, 125.665° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.1 km horizontally, 18.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

271°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

59

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast118 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast127 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast338 kmWNW

After

1. 4.2112 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:42 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
2. 3.365 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 11:09 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
3. 2.161 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 7:24 PM PST · 16735 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
4. 1.834 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:22 PM PST · 16735 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
5. 3.440 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:28 PM PST · 16735 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.5120 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 6:30 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
7. 2.3124 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 3:47 PM PST · 16734 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.6142 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 10:43 PM PST · 16734 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
9. 2.865 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 1:47 AM PST · 16734 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
10. 1.623 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 5:19 AM PST · 16734 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.252 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 1:18 PM PST · 16733 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
12. 1.625 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 3:55 PM PST · 16733 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
13. 3.6113 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 6:37 PM PST · 16733 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
14. 2.932 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 29, 1:42 AM PST · 16733 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
15. 2.140 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 5:03 AM PST · 16732 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
16. 2.466 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 7:35 AM PST · 16732 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
17. 2.450 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 5:17 PM PST · 16731 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
18. 3.0105 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 4:47 AM PST · 16731 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
19. 3.1119 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 4:23 PM PST · 16730 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
20. 1.9128 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 8:01 PM PST · 16730 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
21. 2.356 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 2, 3:32 AM PST · 16730 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
22. 2.843 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Dec 2, 5:57 AM PST · 16730 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
23. 2.539 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 3, 4:42 AM PST · 16729 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
24. 2.177 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 3:46 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
25. 1.939 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 4:54 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
26. 1.848 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 10:22 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
27. 2.458 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 5, 8:20 PM PST · 16726 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
28. 3.862 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:59 AM PST · 16726 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
29. 2.5100 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 4:02 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
30. 3.783 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 6:56 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
31. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:58 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
32. 2.072 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 10:48 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
33. 1.970 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 12:16 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
34. 1.9106 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 1:39 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
35. 3.680 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 7:26 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
36. 2.386 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 1:57 PM PST · 16724 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
37. 3.147 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 3:33 PM PST · 16724 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
38. 3.850 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 12:07 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
39. 2.589 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 12:36 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
40. 2.043 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 10:10 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
41. 2.373 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 9, 9:08 AM PST · 16723 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
42. 3.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 1:03 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
43. 2.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 5:36 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
44. 2.839 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 5:37 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
45. 2.7115 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 12:04 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
46. 2.573 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 12:49 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
47. 2.365 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
48. 2.441 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 9:41 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
49. 1.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 4:45 PM PST · 16719 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
50. 2.132 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 12:36 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
51. 1.524 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 1:57 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
52. 2.9120 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 2:16 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
53. 2.893 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 9:42 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
54. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 16, 5:13 PM PST · 16715 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
55. 2.8127 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 17, 7:44 PM PST · 16714 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
56. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 18, 12:56 PM PST · 16713 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
57. 2.453 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Dec 18, 8:46 PM PST · 16713 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
58. 1.638 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 1:09 PM PST · 16712 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
59. 1.828 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 9:14 PM PST · 16712 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
60. 2.667 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 20, 12:00 AM PST · 16712 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

1. 2.468 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 6:01 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
2. 3.8137 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 3:48 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
3. 3.6123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 2:02 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
4. 2.639 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 9:25 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
5. 3.7123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 8:34 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
6. 2.261 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 5:18 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
7. 2.7110 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 24, 4:31 PM PST · 16737 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
8. 2.545 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 24, 6:04 AM PST · 16738 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
9. 2.967 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Nov 24, 3:46 AM PST · 16738 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
10. 1.943 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaMon, Nov 24, 3:31 AM PST · 16738 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
11. 2.035 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 23, 8:18 AM PST · 16739 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
12. 2.659 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Nov 23, 12:06 AM PST · 16739 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
13. 1.647 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 22, 2:47 PM PST · 16739 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
14. 2.551 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, Nov 22, 9:32 AM PST · 16740 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
15. 1.950 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 22, 3:44 AM PST · 16740 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
16. 2.4114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 22, 2:01 AM PST · 16740 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.2116 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 21, 7:14 AM PST · 16741 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
18. 3.0141 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 21, 12:44 AM PST · 16741 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.2111 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 20, 2:28 PM PST · 16741 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
20. 2.577 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 20, 1:04 PM PST · 16741 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1057521 (also filed as usp0001b1f). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC.