M2.7 earthquake 115 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.7 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, Dec 12, 1980, 12:04 AM PST

UTC

1980-12-12 08:04:35 UTC

Depth

4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.390° N, 125.606° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.3 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.29

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

307°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

14

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast115 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast125 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast329 kmWNW

After

1. 2.573 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 12:49 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
2. 2.365 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.441 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 9:41 AM PST · 16720 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 12, 4:45 PM PST · 16719 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
5. 2.132 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 12:36 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.524 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 1:57 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.9120 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 2:16 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.893 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 9:42 AM PST · 16719 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.733 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 13, 8:59 PM PST · 16718 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
10. 1.5near the coast of Northern CaliforniaTue, Dec 16, 4:39 PM PST · 16715 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
11. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 16, 5:13 PM PST · 16715 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
12. 2.8127 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 17, 7:44 PM PST · 16714 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
13. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 18, 12:56 PM PST · 16713 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
14. 2.453 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Dec 18, 8:46 PM PST · 16713 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
15. 2.734 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 7:47 AM PST · 16713 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.638 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 1:09 PM PST · 16712 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.828 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 19, 9:14 PM PST · 16712 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
18. 2.667 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 20, 12:00 AM PST · 16712 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
19. 3.0112 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 8:28 AM PST · 16711 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.067 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 8:30 AM PST · 16711 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
21. 2.927 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 21, 7:49 PM PST · 16710 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
22. 2.778 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 22, 6:30 PM PST · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
23. 2.688 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 22, 10:50 PM PST · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
24. 2.5114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 23, 10:05 AM PST · 16709 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
25. 4.2138 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaTue, Dec 23, 2:51 PM PST · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
26. 4.8107 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Dec 23, 3:10 PM PST · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
27. 2.167 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 4:43 PM PST · 16707 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
28. 1.659 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Dec 24, 9:56 PM PST · 16707 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
29. 2.467 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 25, 11:03 PM PST · 16706 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
30. 2.0102 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 26, 3:47 PM PST · 16705 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
31. 2.571 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, Dec 26, 8:51 PM PST · 16705 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
32. 2.1near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Dec 28, 5:24 AM PST · 16704 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
33. 2.7107 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 29, 12:29 PM PST · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
34. 2.897 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 29, 10:40 PM PST · 16702 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
35. 2.229 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 30, 11:55 PM PST · 16701 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
36. 3.016 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 31, 3:36 AM PST · 16701 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
37. 2.631 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 31, 2:42 PM PST · 16700 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
38. 2.229 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 31, 6:18 PM PST · 16700 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
39. 2.325 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 31, 8:14 PM PST · 16700 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
40. 1.524 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 31, 10:09 PM PST · 16700 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
41. 2.072 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 12:42 AM PST · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
42. 1.716 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 2:14 AM PST · 16700 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
43. 2.997 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 3:09 AM PST · 16700 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
44. 2.5110 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 10:25 AM PST · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
45. 3.238 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 11:41 AM PST · 16700 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
46. 1.638 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 12:18 PM PST · 16699 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
47. 1.840 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 1, 12:38 PM PST · 16699 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
48. 1.645 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 2, 2:11 PM PST · 16698 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
49. 3.237 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 2, 2:55 PM PST · 16698 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
50. 2.092 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 3, 1:32 AM PST · 16698 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
51. 3.338 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 5, 12:37 AM PST · 16696 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
52. 2.5128 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 5, 8:22 AM PST · 16696 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
53. 2.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 12:01 AM PST · 16695 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
54. 2.5112 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 6:33 AM PST · 16695 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
55. 2.538 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 6, 4:46 PM PST · 16694 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
56. 3.035 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 7, 7:02 PM PST · 16693 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
57. 1.551 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jan 8, 2:29 AM PST · 16693 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
58. 1.521 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 8, 4:30 AM PST · 16693 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
59. 1.649 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 4:54 AM PST · 16692 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
60. 1.822 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 9, 11:24 PM PST · 16691 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

1. 2.839 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 5:37 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
2. 2.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 5:36 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
3. 3.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 11, 1:03 PM PST · 16720 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.373 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 9, 9:08 AM PST · 16723 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
5. 2.033 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 9, 1:44 AM PST · 16723 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.6near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 11:58 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.043 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 10:10 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.589 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 12:36 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
9. 3.850 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaMon, Dec 8, 12:07 AM PST · 16724 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.717 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 7:53 PM PST · 16724 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
11. 2.386 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 1:57 PM PST · 16724 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
12. 3.680 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 7:26 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
13. 1.9106 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 1:39 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
14. 1.970 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSun, Dec 7, 12:16 AM PST · 16725 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
15. 2.072 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 10:48 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
16. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:58 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
17. 3.783 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 6:56 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
18. 2.5100 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 4:02 PM PST · 16725 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
19. 3.862 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:59 AM PST · 16726 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
20. 3.422 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:19 AM PST · 16726 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1058021. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.