M2.6 earthquake 121 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.6 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Sep 18, 1982, 7:04 PM PDT

UTC

1982-09-19 02:04:07 UTC

Depth

18.9 km (11.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.483° N, 125.695° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.5 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

303°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

24

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast121 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast131 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast339 kmWNW

After

1. 2.3114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 9:19 AM PDT · 16082 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.299 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 2:50 PM PDT · 16082 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.0off the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · 16081 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
4. 2.551 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 21, 9:34 AM PDT · 16080 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
5. 2.5137 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 4:49 PM PDT · 16078 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.179 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 6:37 PM PDT · 16078 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
7. 2.7167 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 7:39 PM PDT · 16078 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
8. 2.5138 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 25, 9:10 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.4123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 27, 7:18 AM PDT · 16074 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
10. 2.934 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 29, 12:20 AM PDT · 16072 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
11. 1.627 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 29, 12:55 AM PDT · 16072 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 29, 10:17 AM PDT · 16072 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
13. 2.165 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 4, 8:44 PM PDT · 16066 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
14. 1.738 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 5, 7:25 PM PDT · 16065 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
15. 2.437 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 9, 11:41 AM PDT · 16062 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
16. 2.455 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 11, 2:20 AM PDT · 16060 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
17. 3.368 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 11, 7:07 AM PDT · 16060 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
18. 1.635 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 14, 6:54 AM PDT · 16057 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.8127 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 14, 1:02 PM PDT · 16057 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 14, 2:19 PM PDT · 16057 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
21. 2.037 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 16, 2:54 AM PDT · 16055 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
22. 2.940 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 16, 6:47 PM PDT · 16054 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
23. 2.730 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 17, 12:46 PM PDT · 16054 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
24. 2.286 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 18, 6:10 AM PDT · 16053 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
25. 1.855 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 19, 2:59 PM PDT · 16052 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
26. 1.937 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 20, 5:54 AM PDT · 16051 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
27. 2.471 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Oct 20, 8:11 AM PDT · 16051 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
28. 1.939 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 21, 1:19 AM PDT · 16050 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
29. 1.941 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 22, 12:11 AM PDT · 16049 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
30. 2.2117 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 22, 2:16 PM PDT · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
31. 1.522 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 25, 8:29 PM PDT · 16045 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
32. 2.336 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 2, 1:51 AM PST · 16038 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
33. 2.141 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 3, 7:46 AM PST · 16037 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
34. 2.7101 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 11, 4:23 PM PST · 16028 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
35. 2.9166 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 15, 9:19 PM PST · 16024 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away

Before

1. 2.238 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 1:26 PM PDT · 16083 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
2. 2.847 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 6:24 AM PDT · 16083 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
3. 2.046 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 4:26 AM PDT · 16084 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
4. 2.7134 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 3:48 AM PDT · 16084 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
5. 2.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 2:13 PM PDT · 16085 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
6. 3.196 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 4:07 AM PDT · 16085 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
7. 1.634 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 2:37 PM PDT · 16089 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
8. 1.636 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 2:36 PM PDT · 16089 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
9. 1.726 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 12, 12:04 PM PDT · 16089 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
10. 2.132 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 11, 4:11 PM PDT · 16090 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.556 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 3:42 PM PDT · 16092 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
12. 3.362 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Sep 9, 4:26 AM PDT · 16092 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
13. 2.545 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 8, 3:42 PM PDT · 16093 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
14. 1.733 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 7, 5:42 AM PDT · 16094 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
15. 2.564 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 7, 2:27 AM PDT · 16094 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
16. 2.3124 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaMon, Sep 6, 3:53 AM PDT · 16095 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
17. 2.532 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 5:55 PM PDT · 16097 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
18. 3.346 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:38 AM PDT · 16098 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
19. 3.1102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 9:37 AM PDT · 16098 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
20. 3.065 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 3, 1:54 AM PDT · 16098 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1079115. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.