M3.0 earthquake 15 km S of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

3.0 (md), minor

Local time

Tue, May 4, 1982, 1:11 PM PDT

UTC

1982-05-04 20:11:28 UTC

Depth

20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.440° N, 124.274° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

212°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

21

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast15 kmS
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast20 kmSSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast222 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast888 kmNW

After

1. 1.739 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 5, 10:59 PM PDT · 16210 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
2. 2.411 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, May 6, 12:25 PM PDT · 16210 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
3. 1.714 km NNW of Laytonville, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 5:15 AM PDT · 16209 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
4. 1.65 km NNE of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 5:31 AM PDT · 16209 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
5. 2.150 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 8:32 AM PDT · 16208 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
6. 2.615 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 10:31 AM PDT · 16208 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.824 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 1:27 PM PDT · 16208 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
8. 2.544 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 1:31 PM PDT · 16208 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
9. 1.917 km E of Hydesville, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 5:25 PM PDT · 16208 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 9, 9:15 AM PDT · 16207 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
11. 1.94 km SW of Redcrest, CaliforniaSun, May 9, 4:32 PM PDT · 16207 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.333 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 10, 12:37 AM PDT · 16206 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
13. 1.722 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 10, 2:19 PM PDT · 16206 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
14. 2.535 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 10, 6:34 PM PDT · 16206 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
15. 1.821 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 11, 11:43 AM PDT · 16205 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.68 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaWed, May 12, 10:31 PM PDT · 16203 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
17. 1.88 km SSW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaThu, May 13, 8:01 AM PDT · 16203 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
18. 2.619 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 13, 9:13 AM PDT · 16203 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
19. 2.420 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 13, 9:31 AM PDT · 16203 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.416 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 14, 1:30 AM PDT · 16202 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
21. 1.73 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, May 14, 2:36 AM PDT · 16202 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
22. 2.118 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 14, 9:17 AM PDT · 16202 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
23. 2.783 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 14, 11:05 AM PDT · 16202 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
24. 1.50 km NNW of Manila, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 4:13 AM PDT · 16201 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
25. 2.017 km ESE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 7:24 PM PDT · 16201 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
26. 3.112 km SSW of Willow Creek, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 8:23 PM PDT · 16201 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
27. 1.959 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, May 16, 6:51 AM PDT · 16200 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.396 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 16, 8:46 PM PDT · 16200 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
29. 1.632 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 17, 11:42 PM PDT · 16198 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.320 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 18, 1:02 PM PDT · 16198 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
31. 2.369 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 2:23 AM PDT · 16197 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
32. 1.736 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 10:50 AM PDT · 16197 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
33. 1.941 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 9:03 PM PDT · 16197 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
34. 1.572 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 10:30 PM PDT · 16196 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
35. 2.3near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, May 20, 4:18 AM PDT · 16196 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
36. 3.194 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 20, 7:05 AM PDT · 16196 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
37. 2.126 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 20, 4:28 PM PDT · 16196 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
38. 1.633 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 21, 3:53 PM PDT · 16195 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
39. 1.66 km ENE of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaSat, May 22, 11:39 PM PDT · 16193 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
40. 2.281 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 25, 9:01 AM PDT · 16191 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
41. 2.08 km NNE of Ruth, CaliforniaWed, May 26, 10:42 AM PDT · 16190 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
42. 3.310 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, May 27, 4:30 PM PDT · 16189 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
43. 2.18 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, May 27, 6:59 PM PDT · 16189 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
44. 1.624 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 30, 4:44 AM PDT · 16186 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
45. 2.26 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, May 30, 6:08 PM PDT · 16186 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
46. 2.228 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 31, 11:25 AM PDT · 16185 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
47. 1.634 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 31, 1:56 PM PDT · 16185 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
48. 1.946 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, May 31, 3:00 PM PDT · 16185 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
49. 1.62 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 5:28 AM PDT · 16183 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
50. 2.284 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 8:53 PM PDT · 16183 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
51. 1.63 km NW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 10:06 PM PDT · 16182 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
52. 1.62 km NNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 10:42 PM PDT · 16182 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
53. 2.417 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jun 3, 12:21 PM PDT · 16182 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
54. 1.833 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jun 3, 11:02 PM PDT · 16181 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
55. 1.818 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jun 4, 11:46 AM PDT · 16181 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
56. 2.25 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaFri, Jun 4, 7:19 PM PDT · 16181 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
57. 2.233 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jun 5, 9:00 PM PDT · 16180 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
58. 2.153 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Jun 7, 12:51 PM PDT · 16178 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
59. 1.52 km NE of Redway, CaliforniaTue, Jun 8, 5:07 PM PDT · 16177 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
60. 2.123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jun 8, 6:26 PM PDT · 16177 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

1. 3.147 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, May 4, 2:36 AM PDT · 16212 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
2. 1.9Northern CaliforniaSun, May 2, 10:10 PM PDT · 16213 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
3. 1.826 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 2, 7:14 PM PDT · 16214 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
4. 1.622 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 2, 6:43 PM PDT · 16214 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.822 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 2, 6:34 PM PDT · 16214 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
6. 2.810 km ESE of Pine Hills, CaliforniaSun, May 2, 8:08 AM PDT · 16214 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
7. 3.083 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 1, 10:53 PM PDT · 16214 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
8. 2.936 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 1, 9:08 PM PDT · 16215 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
9. 2.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 1, 9:08 PM PDT · 16215 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
10. 1.921 km NE of Willow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Apr 30, 12:20 PM PDT · 16216 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.99 km NE of Willow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Apr 30, 12:12 PM PDT · 16216 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
12. 1.742 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 16216 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
13. 2.573 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 29, 12:35 PM PDT · 16217 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
14. 2.131 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 28, 11:10 PM PDT · 16217 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
15. 1.527 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaTue, Apr 27, 12:21 PM PDT · 16219 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.914 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Apr 25, 10:34 PM PDT · 16220 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.524 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 24, 3:06 PM PST · 16222 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
18. 1.628 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 24, 12:53 AM PST · 16222 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
19. 2.923 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 24, 12:34 AM PST · 16222 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.070 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 23, 3:24 AM PST · 16223 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1074162. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.