California earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 107 km WNW of Samoa, California

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 107 km WNW of Samoa, California on Tue, Dec 23, 1980, 3:10 PM PST (23:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 53 km WNW of Big Lagoon, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (md), light
Local time
UTC
1980-12-23 23:10:22 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.022° N, 125.439° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 14.1 km horizontally, 18.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
316°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.053 km WNW of Big Lagoon, California · 16708 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.027 km WNW of Manila, California · 16708 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.167 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16707 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.331 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16707 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.038 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16707 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.732 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16707 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.467 km W of Ferndale, California · 16706 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.0102 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16705 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.571 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16705 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.131 km W of Trinidad, California · 16705 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.125 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16703 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.7107 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.897 km W of Ferndale, California · 16702 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.631 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16701 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.229 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16700 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.072 km W of Indianola, California · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.997 km W of Ferndale, California · 16700 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.5110 km W of Ferndale, California · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.092 km W of Ferndale, California · 16698 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.876 km W of Crescent City, California · 16697 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.738 km W of Trinidad, California · 16697 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.599 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16697 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.030 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16697 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.732 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16696 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.5128 km W of Ferndale, California · 16696 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.5112 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16695 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.99 km WNW of Manila, California · 16691 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.110 km WNW of Manila, California · 16690 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.748 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16689 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.08 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16689 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.564 km W of Ferndale, California · 16689 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.442 km W of Indianola, California · 16688 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.444 km W of Trinidad, California · 16688 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.4near the coast of Northern California · 16687 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.330 km W of Trinidad, California · 16686 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.160 km W of Ferndale, California · 16685 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.527 km W of Trinidad, California · 16684 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.370 km W of Indianola, California · 16683 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.037 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16680 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.410 km WNW of Manila, California · 16679 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.213 km W of Trinidad, California · 16679 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.215 km W of Trinidad, California · 16679 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 3.128 km WNW of Trinidad, California · 16678 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.887 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16678 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.257 km W of Indianola, California · 16677 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.250 km W of Ferndale, California · 16675 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.316 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16672 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.073 km W of Indianola, California · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.515 km WNW of Manila, California · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.441 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16669 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.952 km W of Ferndale, California · 16669 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.950 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16669 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.473 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.7103 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.162 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16668 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 3.573 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16667 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.457 km W of Indianola, California · 16667 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.398 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16666 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 2.282 km W of Ferndale, California · 16665 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.935 km W of Trinidad, California · 16665 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 4.2138 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.5114 km W of Ferndale, California · 16709 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.688 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.415 km WNW of Manila, California · 16709 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.778 km W of Ferndale, California · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.120 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.067 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16711 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.0112 km W of Ferndale, California · 16711 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.238 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16711 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.339 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16711 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.667 km W of Indianola, California · 16712 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.919 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16713 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.453 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16713 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16714 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.8127 km W of Ferndale, California · 16714 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.471 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16715 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.224 km W of Trinidad, California · 16716 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.133 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16718 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.893 km W of Ferndale, California · 16719 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.9120 km W of Ferndale, California · 16719 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1058431. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.