California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 126 km W of Ferndale, California

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 126 km W of Ferndale, California on Thu, Feb 25, 1982, 10:03 AM PST (18:03 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 92 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-02-25 18:03:47 UTC
Depth
14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.486° N, 125.757° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
311°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.292 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.630 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16278 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.453 km W of Indianola, California · 16278 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.632 km W of Ferndale, California · 16276 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16275 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.284 km W of Indianola, California · 16275 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.343 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16275 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.267 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16274 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.6122 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16273 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.737 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16272 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.469 km W of Indianola, California · 16272 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.465 km W of Indianola, California · 16271 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.091 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16267 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.554 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16267 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.552 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16260 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.691 km W of Ferndale, California · 16258 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.5104 km W of Ferndale, California · 16255 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.6106 km W of Ferndale, California · 16248 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.691 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16246 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.347 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16245 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.9near the coast of Northern California · 16245 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.071 km W of Ferndale, California · 16239 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.165 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.265 km W of Ferndale, California · 16237 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 3.945 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16232 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.489 km W of Ferndale, California · 16229 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.070 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16223 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.628 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16223 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.4109 km W of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.465 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16282 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.343 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16282 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.147 km W of Ferndale, California · 16284 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.755 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16285 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.7off the coast of Northern California · 16286 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.653 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16291 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.495 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16294 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.445 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16294 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.774 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16295 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.573 km W of Trinidad, California · 16295 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.041 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16297 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.134 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16298 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.169 km W of Trinidad, California · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.156 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16299 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.466 km W of Trinidad, California · 16299 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 5.285 km W of Trinidad, California · 16299 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.983 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16301 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.963 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16303 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.646 km W of Samoa, California · 16306 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1072441. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.