M2.7 earthquake 136 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.7 (md), micro

Local time

Tue, Aug 10, 1982, 6:36 AM PDT

UTC

1982-08-10 13:36:24 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.469° N, 125.871° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 16.4 km horizontally, 20.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

320°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

8

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast136 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast146 kmW
• Santa Rosa, CaliforniaPopulation 178,127. Forecast353 kmNW

After

1. 3.1130 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Aug 10, 6:39 AM PDT · 16114 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.9118 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 14, 2:23 AM PDT · 16111 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
3. 3.048 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 17, 7:10 AM PDT · 16107 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.788 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Aug 18, 8:42 AM PDT · 16106 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
5. 2.7131 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaWed, Aug 25, 7:16 PM PDT · 16099 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
6. 3.278 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 28, 7:18 PM PDT · 16096 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
7. 3.680 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 2:23 PM PDT · 16095 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.782 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 29, 5:13 PM PDT · 16095 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
9. 2.254 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 2, 5:14 PM PDT · 16091 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
10. 3.065 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 1:54 AM PDT · 16091 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
11. 3.1102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:37 AM PDT · 16090 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
12. 3.346 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:38 AM PDT · 16090 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
13. 2.3124 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaMon, Sep 6, 3:53 AM PDT · 16087 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.564 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 7, 2:27 AM PDT · 16087 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
15. 3.362 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 4:26 AM PDT · 16084 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
16. 2.556 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 3:42 PM PDT · 16084 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
17. 3.196 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 4:07 AM PDT · 16077 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
18. 2.7134 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 3:48 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.046 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 4:26 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
20. 2.847 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 6:24 AM PDT · 16075 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
21. 2.6121 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 7:04 PM PDT · 16075 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
22. 2.3114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 9:19 AM PDT · 16074 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
23. 2.299 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 2:50 PM PDT · 16074 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
24. 2.0off the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · 16074 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
25. 2.551 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 21, 9:34 AM PDT · 16072 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
26. 2.5137 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 4:49 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.179 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 6:37 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
28. 2.7167 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 7:39 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
29. 2.5138 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 25, 9:10 AM PDT · 16068 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
30. 2.4123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 27, 7:18 AM PDT · 16066 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.165 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 4, 8:44 PM PDT · 16059 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
32. 1.738 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 5, 7:25 PM PDT · 16058 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away

Before

1. 3.5231 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Aug 6, 9:32 AM PDT · 16118 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
2. 2.6114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Aug 1, 4:03 AM PDT · 16123 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.383 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 5:14 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
4. 2.470 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 31, 3:43 PM PDT · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
5. 2.070 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 5:13 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
6. 3.546 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 28, 4:15 PM PDT · 16127 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
7. 2.982 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 26, 3:42 PM PDT · 16129 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
8. 3.5140 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jul 25, 1:56 AM PDT · 16131 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
9. 2.7115 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 24, 7:43 PM PDT · 16131 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
10. 3.399 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 19, 11:27 PM PDT · 16136 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
11. 2.575 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 16, 5:55 AM PDT · 16139 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
12. 2.645 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Jul 15, 12:59 PM PDT · 16140 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1077263. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.