M3.7 earthquake 38 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

3.7 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Fri, Mar 13, 1981, 1:22 PM PST

UTC

1981-03-13 21:22:21 UTC

Depth

25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.332° N, 124.590° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

237°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

37

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast39 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast47 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast244 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast896 kmNW

After

1. 2.167 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 14, 10:40 PM PST · 16637 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
2. 2.3115 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 12:14 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
3. 3.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 2:55 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
4. 3.238 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 1:31 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 25 km deep · 0 km away
5. 3.0111 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 16, 4:38 AM PST · 16635 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
6. 2.03 km NW of Myers Flat, CaliforniaMon, Mar 16, 6:30 AM PST · 16635 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
7. 2.838 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 16, 12:34 PM PST · 16635 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
8. 1.715 km ENE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaWed, Mar 18, 7:16 AM PST · 16633 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
9. 3.281 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Mar 18, 8:39 AM PST · 16633 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
10. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 19, 2:21 AM PST · 16632 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
11. 1.92 km N of Humboldt Hill, CaliforniaThu, Mar 19, 7:42 PM PST · 16632 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.324 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, Mar 20, 1:47 AM PST · 16631 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.417 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 20, 5:29 AM PST · 16631 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
14. 4.015 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 20, 9:38 PM PST · 16631 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
15. 2.639 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 21, 9:41 AM PST · 16630 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
16. 1.511 km W of Mad River, CaliforniaSat, Mar 21, 10:11 AM PST · 16630 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
17. 2.818 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 22, 12:01 AM PST · 16629 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
18. 1.723 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 23, 9:26 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
19. 1.725 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Mar 24, 4:29 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
20. 1.913 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 24, 5:49 PM PST · 16627 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
21. 1.637 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 25, 4:23 AM PST · 16626 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
22. 3.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 25, 3:39 PM PST · 16626 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.93 km E of Mad River, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 2:25 AM PST · 16625 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
24. 1.926 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 11:09 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.694 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 6:26 PM PST · 16625 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
26. 2.454 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 9:56 PM PST · 16625 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
27. 2.142 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 28, 2:55 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
28. 1.69 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Mar 28, 6:24 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
29. 1.810 km NE of Redcrest, CaliforniaSat, Mar 28, 11:31 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
30. 3.014 km ENE of Weott, CaliforniaSun, Mar 29, 4:22 PM PST · 16622 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
31. 2.014 km NE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaSun, Mar 29, 5:28 PM PST · 16622 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
32. 4.338 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:38 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 25 km deep · 0 km away
33. 1.839 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:41 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
34. 2.040 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:44 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
35. 2.937 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:56 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
36. 2.428 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 5:03 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
37. 3.131 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 7:00 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
38. 2.343 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 9:44 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
39. 2.438 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 11:08 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
40. 1.537 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 1:36 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
41. 4.038 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 6:10 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
42. 2.840 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 8:14 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
43. 2.439 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 9:48 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
44. 2.937 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 10:47 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
45. 1.67 km NE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaTue, Mar 31, 3:40 AM PST · 16620 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
46. 3.041 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 31, 5:06 AM PST · 16620 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
47. 2.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 9:42 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
48. 2.044 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 10:21 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
49. 1.819 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 7:29 PM PST · 16619 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
50. 1.821 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 9:32 PM PST · 16619 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
51. 1.520 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 10:00 PM PST · 16619 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
52. 2.014 km WNW of Mad River, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 11:07 PM PST · 16618 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
53. 1.648 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:09 AM PST · 16618 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
54. 2.418 km WNW of Manila, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 9:18 AM PST · 16618 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
55. 3.237 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:19 PM PST · 16618 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
56. 3.267 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:59 PM PST · 16618 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
57. 2.790 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 3, 2:38 AM PST · 16617 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
58. 1.818 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 4:54 AM PST · 16616 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
59. 1.517 km NE of Redcrest, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 7:47 PM PST · 16616 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
60. 1.812 km NE of Myers Flat, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 8:17 PM PST · 16616 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 171.

Before

1. 2.679 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 13, 8:39 AM PST · 16638 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
2. 1.735 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 13, 12:29 AM PST · 16638 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
3. 3.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 11:56 PM PST · 16638 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.444 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 11:49 PM PST · 16638 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
5. 2.1off the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 5:35 AM PST · 16639 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
6. 2.06 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaWed, Mar 11, 5:13 AM PST · 16640 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
7. 2.6117 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 10, 7:25 AM PST · 16641 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.81 km NW of McKinleyville, CaliforniaTue, Mar 10, 1:08 AM PST · 16641 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
9. 2.433 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 9, 11:16 PM PST · 16641 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.110 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 9, 3:01 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
11. 3.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 9, 9:09 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
12. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 8, 10:39 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
13. 3.536 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 8, 10:26 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
14. 1.65 km SSW of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Mar 8, 5:46 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
15. 3.534 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 7, 9:35 PM PST · 16644 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
16. 2.32 km WNW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Mar 6, 5:15 AM PST · 16645 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
17. 2.06 km NW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 6, 12:35 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
18. 2.712 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 6, 12:30 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
19. 2.240 km WNW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaThu, Mar 5, 8:09 PM PST · 16646 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.18 km E of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Mar 5, 10:26 AM PST · 16646 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1061306. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.