M2.8 earthquake 127 km W of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.8 (md), micro

Local time

Thu, Oct 14, 1982, 1:02 PM PDT

UTC

1982-10-14 20:02:44 UTC

Depth

4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.416° N, 125.752° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.7 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

311°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

28

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast127 kmW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast136 kmW
• Santa Rosa, CaliforniaPopulation 178,127. Forecast341 kmNW

After

1. 2.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Oct 14, 2:19 PM PDT · 16049 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
2. 2.940 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 16, 6:47 PM PDT · 16047 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.286 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 18, 6:10 AM PDT · 16045 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
4. 1.855 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 19, 2:59 PM PDT · 16044 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
5. 1.937 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Oct 20, 5:54 AM PDT · 16043 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.471 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Oct 20, 8:11 AM PDT · 16043 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
7. 2.2117 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 22, 2:16 PM PDT · 16041 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
8. 2.336 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Nov 2, 1:51 AM PST · 16030 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
9. 2.141 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Nov 3, 7:46 AM PST · 16029 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
10. 2.7101 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Nov 11, 4:23 PM PST · 16021 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
11. 2.9166 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 15, 9:19 PM PST · 16017 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
12. 1.933 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Nov 19, 8:32 PM PST · 16013 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
13. 1.831 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Nov 20, 9:30 PM PST · 16012 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
14. 2.143 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Nov 22, 11:15 AM PST · 16010 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
15. 2.432 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Nov 28, 5:16 PM PST · 16004 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
16. 3.2160 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 1, 6:20 PM PST · 16001 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
17. 2.8184 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 1, 6:34 PM PST · 16001 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
18. 1.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 2, 11:18 PM PST · 16000 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.933 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 5:26 AM PST · 15998 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
20. 2.033 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 11:52 AM PST · 15997 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
21. 3.191 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 11:26 AM PST · 15995 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
22. 2.038 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 4:25 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
23. 2.5141 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 9, 3:46 PM PST · 15993 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
24. 4.4108 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 1:27 PM PST · 15992 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
25. 2.9102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 11:01 PM PST · 15992 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
26. 2.385 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 12:13 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
27. 2.549 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 12:13 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away

Before

1. 3.368 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 11, 7:07 AM PDT · 16052 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.455 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 11, 2:20 AM PDT · 16053 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
3. 1.738 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 5, 7:25 PM PDT · 16058 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.165 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Oct 4, 8:44 PM PDT · 16059 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
5. 1.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 29, 10:17 AM PDT · 16064 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
6. 2.934 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 29, 12:20 AM PDT · 16065 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
7. 2.4123 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 27, 7:18 AM PDT · 16066 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.5138 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 25, 9:10 AM PDT · 16068 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
9. 2.7167 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 7:39 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
10. 2.179 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 6:37 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.5137 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 22, 4:49 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
12. 2.551 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 21, 9:34 AM PDT · 16072 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
13. 2.0off the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 11:00 PM PDT · 16074 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.299 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 2:50 PM PDT · 16074 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
15. 2.3114 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 19, 9:19 AM PDT · 16074 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
16. 2.6121 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 7:04 PM PDT · 16075 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.847 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 18, 6:24 AM PDT · 16075 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
18. 2.046 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 4:26 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
19. 2.7134 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 17, 3:48 AM PDT · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.643 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 16, 2:13 PM PDT · 16077 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1080314. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.