California earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 127 km W of Ferndale, California

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 127 km W of Ferndale, California on Wed, Jan 13, 1982, 10:19 AM PST (18:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 85 km W of Trinidad, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-01-13 18:19:24 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.380° N, 125.749° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 28.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
293°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.741 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16323 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.146 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16322 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.292 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16320 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.265 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16315 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.565 km W of Indianola, California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.856 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16308 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.963 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16302 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.983 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16301 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 5.285 km W of Trinidad, California · 16299 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.239 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16298 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.169 km W of Trinidad, California · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.134 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16297 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.041 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16297 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.573 km W of Trinidad, California · 16294 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.774 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16294 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.445 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16294 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.495 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16293 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.653 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16291 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.7off the coast of Northern California · 16286 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.755 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16285 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.147 km W of Ferndale, California · 16283 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.343 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16282 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 4.465 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16281 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.4109 km W of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 2.5126 km W of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 3.292 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16279 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.630 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16278 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.453 km W of Indianola, California · 16277 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 3.632 km W of Ferndale, California · 16276 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16275 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 3.284 km W of Indianola, California · 16275 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.343 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16274 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.267 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16273 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 3.6122 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16273 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.737 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16272 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 3.469 km W of Indianola, California · 16271 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 3.465 km W of Indianola, California · 16271 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.091 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16267 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.554 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16266 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.8122 km W of Ferndale, California · 16323 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.977 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16329 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.651 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16331 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.3111 km W of Ferndale, California · 16332 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.9141 km W of Ferndale, California · 16335 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.0108 km W of Ferndale, California · 16344 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.149 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16346 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.444 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16349 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.936 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16349 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.066 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16349 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.541 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16350 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1071209. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.