M2.9 earthquake 41 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.9 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, Jul 4, 1982, 9:23 AM PDT

UTC

1982-07-04 16:23:28 UTC

Depth

21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.331° N, 124.630° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

256°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

25

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast41 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast50 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast247 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast898 kmNW

After

1. 2.218 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 5:16 PM PDT · 16151 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.56 km ESE of Fieldbrook, CaliforniaMon, Jul 5, 6:52 AM PDT · 16151 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
3. 1.930 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 2:55 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
4. 2.736 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 5:59 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
5. 2.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 11:05 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.231 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 4:25 PM PDT · 16148 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.491 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 10:03 PM PDT · 16148 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
8. 2.3near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Jul 8, 7:05 PM PDT · 16147 days ago · 21 km deep · 0 km away
9. 2.736 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 10:49 AM PDT · 16145 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
10. 1.58 km NW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 11:15 PM PDT · 16145 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
11. 1.8near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Jul 11, 11:07 PM PDT · 16144 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
12. 1.611 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 2:05 AM PDT · 16143 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
13. 1.627 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 5:18 PM PDT · 16141 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.24 km NE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 11:02 PM PDT · 16141 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
15. 1.534 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Jul 15, 2:11 AM PDT · 16141 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.645 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jul 15, 12:59 PM PDT · 16140 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
17. 2.831 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jul 15, 7:53 PM PDT · 16140 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
18. 2.575 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 16, 5:55 AM PDT · 16140 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
19. 3.228 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jul 17, 6:13 AM PDT · 16139 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.830 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jul 17, 10:19 AM PDT · 16138 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
21. 1.61 km E of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 8:45 AM PDT · 16138 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
22. 2.836 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 6:53 PM PDT · 16137 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
23. 1.87 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 8:04 PM PDT · 16137 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
24. 2.929 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 9:06 PM PDT · 16137 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
25. 1.51 km SE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaMon, Jul 19, 6:03 AM PDT · 16137 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
26. 3.399 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 19, 11:27 PM PDT · 16136 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
27. 2.913 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jul 19, 11:27 PM PDT · 16136 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
28. 2.114 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 20, 3:15 PM PDT · 16135 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
29. 2.362 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaWed, Jul 21, 4:08 AM PDT · 16135 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
30. 2.614 km WSW of Hyampom, CaliforniaWed, Jul 21, 8:33 PM PDT · 16134 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
31. 2.7115 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 24, 7:43 PM PDT · 16131 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
32. 2.824 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 24, 9:53 PM PDT · 16131 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
33. 1.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 7:56 AM PDT · 16131 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
34. 2.633 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 9:42 AM PDT · 16130 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
35. 2.213 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 11:38 AM PDT · 16130 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
36. 2.832 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 26, 1:54 AM PDT · 16130 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
37. 2.982 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 26, 3:42 PM PDT · 16129 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
38. 2.325 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 27, 3:52 AM PDT · 16129 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
39. 2.117 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 12:53 AM PDT · 16128 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
40. 2.119 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 8:21 AM PDT · 16128 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
41. 3.321 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 10:06 AM PDT · 16127 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
42. 1.622 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 1:58 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
43. 3.546 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 4:15 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
44. 2.070 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 5:13 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
45. 2.821 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 7:17 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
46. 3.628 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 30, 12:42 AM PDT · 16126 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
47. 1.735 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Jul 30, 2:46 PM PDT · 16125 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
48. 2.444 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Jul 30, 8:24 PM PDT · 16125 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
49. 2.816 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Jul 30, 8:25 PM PDT · 16125 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
50. 2.470 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 3:43 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
51. 2.33 km ESE of Manila, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 4:32 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
52. 2.383 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 5:14 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
53. 2.6114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 4:03 AM PDT · 16124 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
54. 2.140 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 8:40 AM PDT · 16124 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
55. 1.743 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 2:03 PM PDT · 16123 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
56. 2.26 km SSW of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaTue, Aug 3, 1:21 AM PDT · 16122 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
57. 1.630 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaTue, Aug 3, 2:30 AM PDT · 16122 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
58. 1.926 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 3, 8:18 PM PDT · 16121 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
59. 2.44 km N of Redway, CaliforniaSat, Aug 7, 4:00 AM PDT · 16118 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
60. 1.911 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Aug 8, 7:01 AM PDT · 16117 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

1. 1.614 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 7:23 AM PDT · 16152 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.229 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 7:02 AM PDT · 16152 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.633 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 4:00 AM PDT · 16152 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
4. 1.918 km SW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Jul 2, 11:21 PM PDT · 16153 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
5. 2.230 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Jul 2, 7:42 AM PDT · 16154 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.178 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jul 1, 4:55 PM PDT · 16154 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.0near the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Jun 30, 7:19 PM PDT · 16155 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
8. 3.116 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaWed, Jun 30, 7:18 PM PDT · 16155 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
9. 1.9Northern CaliforniaWed, Jun 30, 12:13 PM PDT · 16155 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
10. 3.4126 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jun 29, 4:22 AM PDT · 16157 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
11. 1.968 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Jun 28, 2:02 PM PDT · 16157 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
12. 1.530 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jun 28, 9:59 AM PDT · 16157 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.2102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jun 26, 10:30 PM PDT · 16159 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
14. 2.033 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jun 26, 12:47 PM PDT · 16159 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
15. 1.510 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jun 26, 8:02 AM PDT · 16160 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
16. 1.83 km N of McKinleyville, CaliforniaThu, Jun 24, 2:12 PM PDT · 16161 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
17. 3.033 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Jun 24, 9:29 AM PDT · 16161 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
18. 1.72 km W of Redcrest, CaliforniaThu, Jun 24, 7:50 AM PDT · 16162 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
19. 1.844 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jun 24, 1:37 AM PDT · 16162 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
20. 3.323 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 23, 4:22 AM PDT · 16163 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1075941. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.