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M2.9 earthquake 136 km W of Ferndale, California

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 136 km W of Ferndale, California on Mon, Apr 26, 1982, 2:58 PM PDT (21:58 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 111 km WSW of Ferndale, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-04-26 21:58:46 UTC
Depth
20.5 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.495° N, 125.866° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
298°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.573 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16217 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 3.1111 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16217 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.742 km W of Ferndale, California · 16216 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.083 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16215 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.147 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16213 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.2195 km W of Ferndale, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.150 km W of Ferndale, California · 16208 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.783 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16202 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.396 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16200 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.369 km W of Ferndale, California · 16198 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.572 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16197 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.194 km W of Ferndale, California · 16196 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.281 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16191 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.946 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16185 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.284 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16183 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.1177 km W of Ferndale, California · 16179 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.153 km W of Indianola, California · 16178 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.484 km W of Trinidad, California · 16177 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.040 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16175 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.398 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16172 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 3.049 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16170 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.454 km W of Indianola, California · 16169 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.0110 km W of Ferndale, California · 16168 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.775 km W of Indianola, California · 16164 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.464 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16164 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 3.565 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16164 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.070 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16223 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.489 km W of Ferndale, California · 16229 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.945 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16232 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.265 km W of Ferndale, California · 16237 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.165 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.071 km W of Ferndale, California · 16239 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.347 km SW of Ferndale, California · 16245 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.691 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16246 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.6106 km W of Ferndale, California · 16248 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1073980. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.