M3.0 earthquake 28 km W of Samoa, California

Magnitude

3.0 (Md, duration), minor

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, May 7, 1980, 5:55 AM PDT

UTC

1980-05-07 12:55:11 UTC

Depth

21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.842° N, 124.520° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

261°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

15

• Bayview, CaliforniaPopulation 2,510. Forecast29 kmWNW
• Eureka, CaliforniaPopulation 27,017. Forecast30 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast259 kmWNW

After

1. 1.631 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, May 7, 7:00 PM PDT · 16949 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
2. 1.87 km N of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, May 9, 10:16 PM PDT · 16947 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.925 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 12, 6:43 AM PDT · 16944 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.029 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 13, 1:08 PM PDT · 16943 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
5. 1.85 km NE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaWed, May 14, 5:23 AM PDT · 16942 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
6. 1.72 km SSW of Bayview, CaliforniaThu, May 15, 11:16 AM PDT · 16941 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
7. 1.623 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 11:30 AM PDT · 16940 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
8. 1.829 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 2:23 PM PDT · 16940 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
9. 1.99 km E of Hydesville, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 4:14 PM PDT · 16940 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
10. 2.010 km E of Hydesville, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 4:15 PM PDT · 16940 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.732 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, May 16, 10:55 PM PDT · 16940 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
12. 1.710 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaSat, May 17, 7:01 AM PDT · 16939 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
13. 1.533 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 19, 4:47 AM PDT · 16937 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
14. 1.522 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 19, 4:52 AM PDT · 16937 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
15. 1.61 km SSE of Myrtletown, CaliforniaMon, May 19, 5:05 AM PDT · 16937 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
16. 1.81 km SE of Myrtletown, CaliforniaMon, May 19, 6:17 PM PDT · 16937 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
17. 2.079 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaMon, May 19, 7:59 PM PDT · 16937 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
18. 2.339 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 20, 1:01 PM PDT · 16936 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
19. 1.629 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, May 20, 7:16 PM PDT · 16936 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
20. 1.657 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 20, 7:50 PM PDT · 16936 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
21. 1.629 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 21, 12:45 PM PDT · 16935 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
22. 1.75 km NE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaWed, May 21, 1:55 PM PDT · 16935 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
23. 1.529 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 22, 1:47 AM PDT · 16935 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
24. 2.096 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaThu, May 22, 3:56 AM PDT · 16934 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.521 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 23, 12:21 AM PDT · 16934 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
26. 2.02 km E of Cutten, CaliforniaFri, May 23, 12:41 AM PDT · 16934 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
27. 1.56 km NNE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaFri, May 23, 2:41 PM PDT · 16933 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.119 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, May 23, 8:17 PM PDT · 16933 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
29. 3.536 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 10:31 PM PDT · 16932 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
30. 1.628 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 25, 10:40 AM PDT · 16931 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
31. 2.128 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 25, 12:28 PM PDT · 16931 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
32. 1.627 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 25, 2:52 PM PDT · 16931 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
33. 3.024 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 26, 12:30 AM PDT · 16931 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
34. 1.527 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 26, 4:28 AM PDT · 16930 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
35. 1.89 km W of Weott, CaliforniaMon, May 26, 1:01 PM PDT · 16930 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
36. 1.631 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 26, 9:52 PM PDT · 16930 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
37. 2.917 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaTue, May 27, 12:57 AM PDT · 16930 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
38. 1.529 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 27, 3:45 AM PDT · 16929 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
39. 2.226 km ENE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaTue, May 27, 9:24 AM PDT · 16929 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
40. 2.255 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 28, 5:10 AM PDT · 16928 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
41. 2.478 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, May 28, 11:08 PM PDT · 16928 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
42. 2.738 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 29, 7:54 AM PDT · 16927 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
43. 1.739 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 30, 2:15 AM PDT · 16927 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
44. 1.624 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 2, 5:38 AM PDT · 16923 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
45. 2.536 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 2, 9:06 AM PDT · 16923 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
46. 3.033 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 2, 12:20 PM PDT · 16923 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
47. 1.810 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 2, 2:00 PM PDT · 16923 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
48. 1.962 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jun 5, 12:54 AM PDT · 16921 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
49. 2.513 km WSW of Redcrest, CaliforniaThu, Jun 5, 7:46 AM PDT · 16920 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
50. 1.731 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jun 5, 3:14 PM PDT · 16920 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
51. 3.893 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jun 7, 3:17 AM PDT · 16919 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
52. 2.716 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jun 7, 7:32 PM PDT · 16918 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
53. 1.615 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jun 8, 5:03 AM PDT · 16917 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
54. 4.0101 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 9, 11:39 AM PDT · 16916 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
55. 2.5107 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 9, 7:44 PM PDT · 16916 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
56. 2.027 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jun 10, 1:15 PM PDT · 16915 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
57. 2.438 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jun 10, 11:01 PM PDT · 16915 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
58. 2.65 km WNW of Trinidad, CaliforniaThu, Jun 12, 9:10 PM PDT · 16913 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
59. 2.475 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jun 13, 2:43 PM PDT · 16912 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
60. 2.536 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, Jun 13, 4:21 PM PDT · 16912 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

1. 1.57 km N of Mad River, CaliforniaTue, May 6, 7:20 PM PDT · 16950 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.637 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 3, 2:00 AM PDT · 16954 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.712 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, May 2, 4:35 PM PDT · 16954 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.97 km N of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, May 2, 1:38 PM PDT · 16954 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
5. 2.521 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 1:38 PM PDT · 16956 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
6. 3.070 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 30, 7:02 AM PDT · 16956 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
7. 1.95 km N of Mad River, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 8:27 AM PDT · 16957 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
8. 3.38 km NNW of Mad River, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 7:30 AM PDT · 16957 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
9. 4.08 km NNW of Mad River, CaliforniaTue, Apr 29, 6:50 AM PDT · 16957 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
10. 1.825 km WSW of Ferndale, CASun, Apr 27, 5:26 AM PDT · 16959 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
11. 2.939 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 7:31 PM PST · 16960 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
12. 1.560 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 10:22 PM PST · 16961 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
13. 2.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 25, 11:36 AM PST · 16961 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
14. 1.629 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 3:09 AM PST · 16962 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
15. 2.896 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 24, 2:47 AM PST · 16962 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
16. 1.895 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 23, 7:46 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.51 km WNW of Loleta, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 8:29 PM PST · 16964 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
18. 1.932 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 4:05 PM PST · 16964 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
19. 2.77 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaTue, Apr 22, 12:42 AM PST · 16965 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
20. 2.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 19, 7:34 AM PST · 16967 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1052664. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC.