M2.7 earthquake 115 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.7 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Jul 24, 1982, 7:43 PM PDT

UTC

1982-07-25 02:43:29 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.418° N, 125.616° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.8 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

315°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast116 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast125 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast330 kmWNW

After

1. 3.5140 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 1:56 AM PDT · 16131 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 7:56 AM PDT · 16130 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
3. 2.832 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 26, 1:54 AM PDT · 16130 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.982 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 26, 3:42 PM PDT · 16129 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
5. 2.325 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 27, 3:52 AM PDT · 16128 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.622 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 1:58 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
7. 3.546 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 4:15 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
8. 2.070 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 5:13 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
9. 3.628 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 30, 12:42 AM PDT · 16126 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
10. 2.470 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 3:43 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
11. 2.383 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 5:14 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
12. 2.6114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 4:03 AM PDT · 16123 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
13. 2.140 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 8:40 AM PDT · 16123 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
14. 1.743 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 2:03 PM PDT · 16123 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
15. 1.926 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 3, 8:18 PM PDT · 16121 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
16. 2.7136 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 10, 6:36 AM PDT · 16114 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
17. 3.1130 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Aug 10, 6:39 AM PDT · 16114 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
18. 1.9118 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 14, 2:23 AM PDT · 16111 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
19. 3.048 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 17, 7:10 AM PDT · 16107 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
20. 2.788 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Aug 18, 8:42 AM PDT · 16106 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
21. 2.226 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Aug 19, 1:54 AM PDT · 16106 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
22. 3.138 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Aug 19, 2:24 AM PDT · 16106 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
23. 2.037 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Aug 19, 11:08 AM PDT · 16105 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
24. 1.742 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Aug 20, 12:54 PM PDT · 16104 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
25. 2.133 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 21, 7:59 AM PDT · 16103 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
26. 2.128 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 21, 9:27 AM PDT · 16103 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
27. 2.637 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 22, 12:05 AM PDT · 16103 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
28. 1.938 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 22, 12:08 AM PDT · 16103 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
29. 1.718 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Aug 27, 9:00 AM PDT · 16097 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
30. 2.535 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 28, 3:35 AM PDT · 16096 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
31. 1.527 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 28, 7:11 PM PDT · 16096 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
32. 3.278 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 28, 7:18 PM PDT · 16096 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
33. 2.537 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 5:29 AM PDT · 16095 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
34. 1.634 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 8:36 AM PDT · 16095 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
35. 3.680 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 2:23 PM PDT · 16095 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
36. 2.782 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 5:13 PM PDT · 16095 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
37. 1.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 31, 5:39 PM PDT · 16093 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
38. 1.624 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 1, 6:24 AM PDT · 16092 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
39. 2.254 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 2, 5:14 PM PDT · 16091 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
40. 3.065 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 1:54 AM PDT · 16091 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
41. 3.1102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:37 AM PDT · 16090 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
42. 3.346 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:38 AM PDT · 16090 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
43. 2.532 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 5:55 PM PDT · 16090 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.3124 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaMon, Sep 6, 3:53 AM PDT · 16087 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
45. 2.564 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 7, 2:27 AM PDT · 16087 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
46. 1.733 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 7, 5:42 AM PDT · 16086 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
47. 2.545 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 8, 3:42 PM PDT · 16085 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
48. 3.362 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 4:26 AM PDT · 16084 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
49. 2.556 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 3:42 PM PDT · 16084 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
50. 2.132 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 11, 4:11 PM PDT · 16082 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
51. 1.825 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 6:54 AM PDT · 16081 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
52. 1.726 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 12:04 PM PDT · 16081 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
53. 1.636 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 2:36 PM PDT · 16081 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
54. 1.634 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 2:37 PM PDT · 16081 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
55. 1.629 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 1:31 AM PDT · 16078 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
56. 3.196 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 4:07 AM PDT · 16077 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
57. 2.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 2:13 PM PDT · 16077 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
58. 2.7134 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 3:48 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
59. 2.046 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 4:26 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
60. 1.627 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 9:38 PM PDT · 16076 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

1. 3.399 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 19, 11:27 PM PDT · 16136 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
2. 2.929 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 9:06 PM PDT · 16137 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.836 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 18, 6:53 PM PDT · 16137 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
4. 3.228 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jul 17, 6:13 AM PDT · 16138 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.575 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 16, 5:55 AM PDT · 16139 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
6. 2.645 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jul 15, 12:59 PM PDT · 16140 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
7. 1.627 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 5:18 PM PDT · 16141 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
8. 2.736 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 10:49 AM PDT · 16145 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
9. 3.3166 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 7:33 AM PDT · 16145 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
10. 2.3near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Jul 8, 7:05 PM PDT · 16147 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
11. 2.491 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 10:03 PM PDT · 16148 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
12. 2.231 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 4:25 PM PDT · 16148 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
13. 2.136 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 11:05 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
14. 1.930 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 2:55 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.7143 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 7:08 AM PDT · 16149 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
16. 2.1192 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 6, 7:07 AM PDT · 16149 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
17. 2.941 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 9:23 AM PDT · 16151 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
18. 2.229 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 7:02 AM PDT · 16151 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
19. 2.633 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 4:00 AM PDT · 16151 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
20. 2.178 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jul 1, 4:55 PM PDT · 16154 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1076560. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.