M2.3 earthquake 23 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.3 (md), micro

Local time

Tue, Dec 14, 1982, 11:04 AM PST

UTC

1982-12-14 19:04:48 UTC

Depth

25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.446° N, 124.475° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

273°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

15

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast23 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast32 kmWSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast238 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast899 kmNW

After

1. 3.65 km W of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Dec 14, 11:15 AM PST · 15988 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.721 km WNW of Mad River, CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 12:46 AM PST · 15988 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
3. 1.814 km NNE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 5:13 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
4. 1.839 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 9:00 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
5. 4.4near the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Dec 15, 10:53 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
6. 2.03 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 12:56 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
7. 2.15 km W of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 1:47 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
8. 2.815 km SE of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 2:38 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
9. 2.252 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 2:12 PM PST · 15986 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
10. 2.52 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 4:29 PM PST · 15986 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.8Northern CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 11:05 PM PST · 15985 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
12. 2.93 km W of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 11:55 AM PST · 15984 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
13. 1.63 km N of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 3:29 AM PST · 15983 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.361 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 4:24 AM PST · 15983 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
15. 3.35 km E of Loleta, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 4:08 PM PST · 15983 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
16. 2.043 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 10:21 PM PST · 15983 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
17. 3.019 km W of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 9:05 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
18. 2.124 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 4:30 PM PST · 15981 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
19. 2.816 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Dec 22, 9:15 PM PST · 15980 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
20. 1.532 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 11:16 AM PST · 15979 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
21. 1.841 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 8:14 PM PST · 15979 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
22. 2.120 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 1:58 AM PST · 15979 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
23. 1.98 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 25, 11:47 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
24. 1.524 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 25, 7:31 PM PST · 15977 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
25. 1.735 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 2:09 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
26. 2.084 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 28, 3:38 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
27. 1.823 km SSE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 4:28 AM PST · 15973 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
28. 2.420 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 11:50 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
29. 2.116 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 11:54 AM PST · 15972 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
30. 1.814 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 11:55 AM PST · 15972 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
31. 1.817 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaFri, Dec 31, 8:23 PM PST · 15971 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
32. 1.623 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 6:06 AM PST · 15969 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
33. 3.810 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 10:51 AM PST · 15969 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
34. 2.019 km SE of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 7:52 AM PST · 15968 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
35. 2.712 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:15 AM PST · 15968 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
36. 2.33 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:14 PM PST · 15968 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
37. 1.718 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 4:25 AM PST · 15967 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
38. 2.029 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 2:22 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
39. 1.622 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 3:08 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
40. 1.627 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 7:56 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
41. 1.77 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 8:09 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
42. 2.756 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 6, 8:26 AM PST · 15965 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
43. 1.815 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 10:27 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
44. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 12:26 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
45. 1.732 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 2:03 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
46. 1.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 7:22 PM PST · 15960 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
47. 2.11 km NNW of Redway, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 1:15 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
48. 2.517 km ENE of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 5:17 AM PST · 15958 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
49. 2.14 km WNW of Manila, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 4:44 PM PST · 15958 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
50. 2.716 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 10:29 PM PST · 15958 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
51. 1.50 km NE of Fortuna, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 7:30 AM PST · 15957 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
52. 1.734 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 10:32 AM PST · 15957 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
53. 2.232 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 12:59 AM PST · 15957 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
54. 1.939 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 6:36 AM PST · 15956 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
55. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 10:16 AM PST · 15955 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
56. 1.629 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:12 PM PST · 15955 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
57. 1.69 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:38 PM PST · 15955 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
58. 1.68 km E of Rio Dell, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 8:29 AM PST · 15954 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
59. 2.215 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:42 AM PST · 15954 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.317 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:49 AM PST · 15954 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

1. 2.09 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 13, 11:51 PM PST · 15989 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
2. 1.838 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 5:11 PM PST · 15990 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
3. 1.628 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 12, 3:11 AM PST · 15990 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.549 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 12:13 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
5. 2.385 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 12:13 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
6. 1.616 km WSW of Trinidad, CaliforniaSat, Dec 11, 8:16 AM PST · 15991 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
7. 2.9102 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 11:01 PM PST · 15992 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
8. 1.914 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 9:49 PM PST · 15992 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
9. 4.4108 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 1:27 PM PST · 15992 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
10. 1.628 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 10, 6:39 AM PST · 15992 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.038 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 4:25 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
12. 2.41 km SSW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaWed, Dec 8, 1:29 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
13. 3.191 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 7, 11:26 AM PST · 15995 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
14. 2.033 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 5, 11:52 AM PST · 15997 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
15. 2.931 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 9:04 AM PST · 15998 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
16. 1.933 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 5:26 AM PST · 15998 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.65 km NNE of Hydesville, CaliforniaSat, Dec 4, 2:46 AM PST · 15999 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
18. 3.138 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 7:08 PM PST · 15999 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
19. 2.615 km WSW of Trinidad, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 5:38 PM PST · 15999 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
20. 1.66 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 3, 7:01 AM PST · 15999 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1083106. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.