M2.4 earthquake 20 km SSW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.4 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, Dec 29, 1982, 11:50 PM PST

UTC

1982-12-30 07:50:52 UTC

Depth

30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.398° N, 124.312° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.4 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.47

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

216°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

23

• Scotia, CaliforniaPopulation 850. Forecast20 kmWSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast26 kmSSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast223 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast886 kmNW

After

1. 2.116 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 11:54 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
2. 1.814 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 11:55 AM PST · 15981 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
3. 1.817 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaFri, Dec 31, 8:23 PM PST · 15979 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
4. 1.96 km SSE of Hayfork, CaliforniaSat, Jan 1, 8:27 PM PST · 15978 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
5. 1.623 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 6:06 AM PST · 15978 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
6. 3.810 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 10:51 AM PST · 15978 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
7. 2.019 km SE of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 7:52 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.712 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:15 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
9. 2.33 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:14 PM PST · 15976 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
10. 1.718 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 4:25 AM PST · 15976 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
11. 2.029 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 2:22 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
12. 1.622 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 3:08 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
13. 1.627 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 7:56 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
14. 1.77 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 8:09 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.756 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 6, 8:26 AM PST · 15974 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
16. 1.815 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 10:27 AM PST · 15972 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
17. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 12:26 PM PST · 15972 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
18. 1.732 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 2:03 PM PST · 15971 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
19. 1.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 7:22 PM PST · 15968 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
20. 2.11 km NNW of Redway, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 1:15 AM PST · 15968 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
21. 2.517 km ENE of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 5:17 AM PST · 15967 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
22. 2.14 km WNW of Manila, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 4:44 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
23. 2.716 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 10:29 PM PST · 15966 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
24. 1.50 km NE of Fortuna, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 7:30 AM PST · 15966 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
25. 1.734 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 10:32 AM PST · 15966 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
26. 2.232 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 12:59 AM PST · 15965 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
27. 1.939 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 6:36 AM PST · 15965 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
28. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 10:16 AM PST · 15964 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
29. 1.629 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:12 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
30. 1.69 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:38 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
31. 1.68 km E of Rio Dell, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 8:29 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
32. 2.215 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:42 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
33. 2.317 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:49 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
34. 1.925 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 8:21 AM PST · 15962 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
35. 1.928 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 9:22 AM PST · 15962 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
36. 2.223 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:41 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
37. 1.519 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:42 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
38. 1.66 km N of Trinity Village, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 8:18 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
39. 2.938 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 19, 9:04 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
40. 3.236 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 1:10 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
41. 2.545 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 9:40 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
42. 2.09 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 11:54 PM PST · 15959 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
43. 2.422 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 22, 2:47 AM PST · 15958 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
44. 2.214 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 22, 6:04 PM PST · 15957 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
45. 1.68 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 7:59 PM PST · 15955 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
46. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaTue, Jan 25, 12:25 AM PST · 15955 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
47. 2.06 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaTue, Jan 25, 3:55 PM PST · 15954 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
48. 2.06 km NW of Redway, CaliforniaWed, Jan 26, 9:51 PM PST · 15953 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
49. 2.721 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 27, 10:50 PM PST · 15952 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
50. 2.45 km WNW of Hayfork, CaliforniaSat, Jan 29, 5:36 PM PST · 15950 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
51. 2.215 km NE of Leggett, CaliforniaSat, Jan 29, 11:05 PM PST · 15950 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
52. 2.532 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 10:31 PM PST · 15949 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
53. 1.95 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 1:11 PM PST · 15948 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
54. 2.028 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 8:16 PM PST · 15948 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
55. 2.121 km NNE of Redcrest, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 11:06 PM PST · 15948 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
56. 4.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 1:21 PM PST · 15947 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
57. 1.81 km NW of Garberville, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 9:30 PM PST · 15947 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
58. 1.717 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 2, 11:31 AM PST · 15947 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
59. 3.579 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 3, 10:00 PM PST · 15945 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
60. 3.118 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 4, 12:33 PM PST · 15945 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

1. 1.823 km SSE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaWed, Dec 29, 4:28 AM PST · 15982 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
2. 2.084 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 28, 3:38 PM PST · 15982 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
3. 1.735 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Dec 26, 2:09 AM PST · 15985 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.524 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 25, 7:31 PM PST · 15985 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
5. 1.98 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 25, 11:47 AM PST · 15986 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.120 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 1:58 AM PST · 15987 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
7. 1.79 km N of Laytonville, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 10:24 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
8. 1.841 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 8:14 PM PST · 15987 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.532 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 23, 11:16 AM PST · 15988 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.816 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Dec 22, 9:15 PM PST · 15988 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.710 km SSE of Leggett, CaliforniaWed, Dec 22, 12:13 PM PST · 15989 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.124 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 4:30 PM PST · 15989 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
13. 3.019 km W of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 9:05 AM PST · 15990 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
14. 2.043 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 10:21 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
15. 3.35 km E of Loleta, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 4:08 PM PST · 15991 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
16. 2.361 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 4:24 AM PST · 15992 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
17. 1.63 km N of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 19, 3:29 AM PST · 15992 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
18. 2.93 km W of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 11:55 AM PST · 15993 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.8Northern CaliforniaFri, Dec 17, 11:05 PM PST · 15993 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
20. 2.52 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 16, 4:29 PM PST · 15994 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1083680. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.