M3.8 earthquake 21 km WNW of Samoa, California

Magnitude

3.8 (ml), minor

Local time

Tue, Nov 11, 1980, 1:21 AM PST

UTC

1980-11-11 09:21:30 UTC

Depth

27.6 km (17.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.904° N, 124.416° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

309°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Manila, CaliforniaPopulation 784. Forecast22 kmWNW
• Eureka, CaliforniaPopulation 27,017. Forecast24 kmWNW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast255 kmWNW

After

1. 2.726 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 24, 11:20 PM PST · 16738 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
2. 1.96 km S of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 7:18 AM PST · 16737 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
3. 2.536 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 4:52 PM PST · 16737 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
4. 2.261 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 5:18 PM PST · 16737 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
5. 2.929 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 8:45 PM PST · 16737 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
6. 2.639 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 25, 9:25 PM PST · 16737 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
7. 1.78 km WNW of Manila, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 12:25 AM PST · 16737 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
8. 1.923 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 12:50 AM PST · 16737 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
9. 2.468 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 6:01 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
10. 2.328 km WNW of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 6:24 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
11. 3.365 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 11:09 AM PST · 16736 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
12. 2.84 km SSE of Humboldt Hill, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 1:14 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.161 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 7:24 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
14. 2.833 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:16 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
15. 1.834 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:22 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
16. 3.440 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 26, 8:28 PM PST · 16736 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
17. 1.64 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 4:44 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.431 km NW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 6:31 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
19. 2.127 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 1:53 PM PST · 16735 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
20. 2.614 km NE of Trinity Village, CaliforniaThu, Nov 27, 7:59 PM PST · 16735 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
21. 1.920 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 12:17 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
22. 2.865 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 1:47 AM PST · 16735 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
23. 1.917 km WNW of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 4:22 AM PST · 16734 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
24. 1.623 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 5:19 AM PST · 16734 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
25. 2.252 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 1:18 PM PST · 16734 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
26. 1.625 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 3:55 PM PST · 16734 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
27. 1.613 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 28, 4:07 PM PST · 16734 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
28. 2.932 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 29, 1:42 AM PST · 16734 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
29. 2.658 km WNW of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSat, Nov 29, 1:05 PM PST · 16733 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
30. 2.8near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSat, Nov 29, 1:58 PM PST · 16733 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
31. 2.140 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 5:03 AM PST · 16732 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
32. 2.466 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 7:35 AM PST · 16732 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
33. 1.51 km WSW of Samoa, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 8:37 AM PST · 16732 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
34. 2.531 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 12:17 PM PST · 16732 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
35. 2.450 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 5:17 PM PST · 16732 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
36. 1.814 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 30, 6:48 PM PST · 16732 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
37. 1.6near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 7:46 AM PST · 16731 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
38. 1.9near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 3:08 PM PST · 16731 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
39. 1.98 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 4:55 PM PST · 16731 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
40. 1.62 km NNE of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 6:23 PM PST · 16731 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
41. 1.728 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 1, 9:16 PM PST · 16731 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
42. 2.356 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 2, 3:32 AM PST · 16731 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
43. 2.843 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Dec 2, 5:57 AM PST · 16730 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
44. 2.539 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 3, 4:42 AM PST · 16729 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
45. 2.838 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaWed, Dec 3, 6:08 AM PST · 16729 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
46. 1.613 km WNW of Mad River, CaliforniaWed, Dec 3, 10:57 PM PST · 16729 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
47. 1.724 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 1:31 AM PST · 16729 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
48. 2.177 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 3:46 AM PST · 16729 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
49. 1.939 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 4:54 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
50. 1.94 km N of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 5:12 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
51. 2.416 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 5:51 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
52. 1.848 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Dec 4, 10:22 AM PST · 16728 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
53. 3.035 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Dec 5, 1:58 PM PST · 16727 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
54. 2.35 km WNW of Blue Lake, CaliforniaFri, Dec 5, 5:57 PM PST · 16727 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
55. 2.458 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 5, 8:20 PM PST · 16727 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
56. 3.422 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:19 AM PST · 16726 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
57. 3.862 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:59 AM PST · 16726 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
58. 1.61 km SSE of McKinleyville, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 1:22 PM PST · 16726 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
59. 3.783 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 6:56 PM PST · 16726 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
60. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 6, 8:58 PM PST · 16726 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1056876. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC.