M3.0 earthquake 111 km WSW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

3.0 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Mon, Mar 16, 1981, 4:38 AM PST

UTC

1981-03-16 12:38:03 UTC

Depth

4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.385° N, 125.553° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 11.3 km horizontally, 15.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

313°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

8

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast111 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast120 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast325 kmWNW

After

1. 2.838 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 16, 12:34 PM PST · 16638 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
2. 3.281 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Mar 18, 8:39 AM PST · 16637 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
3. 2.243 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 19, 2:21 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.417 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 20, 5:29 AM PST · 16635 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
5. 4.015 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 20, 9:38 PM PST · 16634 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
6. 2.639 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 21, 9:41 AM PST · 16634 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
7. 2.818 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 22, 12:01 AM PST · 16633 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
8. 1.723 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 23, 9:26 PM PST · 16631 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
9. 1.637 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 25, 4:23 AM PST · 16630 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
10. 3.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 25, 3:39 PM PST · 16629 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
11. 1.926 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 11:09 AM PST · 16629 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
12. 2.694 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 6:26 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
13. 2.454 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Mar 26, 9:56 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
14. 2.4103 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSat, Mar 28, 12:47 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
15. 2.142 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 28, 2:55 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
16. 4.338 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:38 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
17. 1.839 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:41 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
18. 2.040 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:44 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
19. 2.937 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 4:56 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
20. 2.428 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 5:03 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
21. 3.131 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 7:00 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
22. 2.343 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 9:44 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
23. 2.438 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 11:08 AM PST · 16625 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
24. 1.537 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 1:36 PM PST · 16624 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
25. 4.038 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 6:10 PM PST · 16624 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
26. 2.840 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 8:14 PM PST · 16624 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
27. 2.439 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 9:48 PM PST · 16624 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.937 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 30, 10:47 PM PST · 16624 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
29. 3.041 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 31, 5:06 AM PST · 16624 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
30. 2.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 9:42 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
31. 2.044 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 10:21 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
32. 1.819 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 7:29 PM PST · 16622 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
33. 1.821 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 9:32 PM PST · 16622 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
34. 1.520 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 1, 10:00 PM PST · 16622 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
35. 1.648 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:09 AM PST · 16622 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
36. 3.237 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:19 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
37. 3.267 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaThu, Apr 2, 4:59 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
38. 2.790 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 3, 2:38 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
39. 1.818 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 4:54 AM PST · 16620 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
40. 2.035 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Apr 5, 4:17 PM PST · 16618 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
41. 2.537 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 6, 2:57 PM PST · 16617 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
42. 1.8off the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Apr 8, 5:36 AM PST · 16616 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
43. 2.338 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 8, 4:37 PM PST · 16615 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
44. 1.928 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 12:01 AM PST · 16615 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
45. 1.936 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 10:01 AM PST · 16615 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
46. 1.826 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 7:30 PM PST · 16614 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
47. 2.434 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 10:22 PM PST · 16614 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
48. 2.0108 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 10, 5:42 PM PST · 16613 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
49. 2.446 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 11, 12:56 AM PST · 16613 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
50. 1.951 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 11, 10:24 PM PST · 16612 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
51. 1.738 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Apr 12, 2:43 AM PST · 16612 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
52. 1.738 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 6:45 AM PST · 16611 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
53. 2.140 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 9:44 AM PST · 16611 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
54. 4.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 2:16 PM PST · 16610 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
55. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 3:51 PM PST · 16610 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
56. 3.137 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 8:41 PM PST · 16610 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
57. 2.365 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 12:55 AM PST · 16610 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
58. 2.236 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 1:00 AM PST · 16610 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
59. 1.527 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 2:01 PM PST · 16609 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
60. 2.038 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 4:26 PM PST · 16609 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

1. 3.238 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 1:31 PM PST · 16639 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
2. 3.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 2:55 AM PST · 16640 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.3115 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 12:14 AM PST · 16640 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.167 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 14, 10:40 PM PST · 16640 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
5. 4.7130 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 14, 10:07 PM PST · 16640 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
6. 3.738 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 13, 1:22 PM PST · 16641 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.679 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 13, 8:39 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
8. 1.735 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 13, 12:29 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
9. 3.036 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 11:56 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
10. 2.444 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 11:49 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
11. 2.1off the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Mar 12, 5:35 AM PST · 16643 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
12. 2.6117 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 10, 7:25 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
13. 2.433 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 9, 11:16 PM PST · 16645 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
14. 3.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 9, 9:09 AM PST · 16646 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
15. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 8, 10:39 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
16. 3.536 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 8, 10:26 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
17. 3.534 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 7, 9:35 PM PST · 16647 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
18. 2.240 km WNW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaThu, Mar 5, 8:09 PM PST · 16649 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
19. 1.921 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 4, 10:27 AM PST · 16651 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
20. 3.6118 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 2, 9:09 AM PST · 16653 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1061392. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.