M2.7 earthquake 16 km W of Samoa, California

Magnitude

2.7 (md), micro

Local time

Thu, Jan 13, 1983, 10:29 PM PST

UTC

1983-01-14 06:29:31 UTC

Depth

22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.831° N, 124.385° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

229°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

19

• Bayview, CaliforniaPopulation 2,510. Forecast18 kmWNW
• Eureka, CaliforniaPopulation 27,017. Forecast19 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast248 kmWNW

After

1. 1.50 km NE of Fortuna, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 7:30 AM PST · 15964 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
2. 1.734 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 14, 10:32 AM PST · 15964 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
3. 2.232 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 12:59 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.939 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 6:36 AM PST · 15963 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 10:16 AM PST · 15962 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.629 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:12 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
7. 1.69 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jan 16, 2:38 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
8. 1.68 km E of Rio Dell, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 8:29 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
9. 2.215 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:42 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
10. 2.317 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 17, 9:49 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
11. 1.925 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 8:21 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
12. 1.928 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 9:22 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.223 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:41 PM PST · 15960 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
14. 1.519 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 7:42 PM PST · 15960 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
15. 1.66 km N of Trinity Village, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 8:18 PM PST · 15960 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
16. 2.938 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 19, 9:04 AM PST · 15959 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
17. 3.236 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 1:10 AM PST · 15958 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
18. 2.545 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 9:40 AM PST · 15958 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
19. 2.09 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, Jan 20, 11:54 PM PST · 15958 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
20. 2.422 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 22, 2:47 AM PST · 15956 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
21. 2.214 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 22, 6:04 PM PST · 15956 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
22. 1.68 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 7:59 PM PST · 15954 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
23. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaTue, Jan 25, 12:25 AM PST · 15953 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
24. 2.06 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaTue, Jan 25, 3:55 PM PST · 15953 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
25. 2.06 km NW of Redway, CaliforniaWed, Jan 26, 9:51 PM PST · 15952 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
26. 2.721 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 27, 10:50 PM PST · 15951 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
27. 2.532 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 30, 10:31 PM PST · 15948 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
28. 1.95 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 1:11 PM PST · 15947 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
29. 2.028 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 8:16 PM PST · 15947 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
30. 2.121 km NNE of Redcrest, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 11:06 PM PST · 15947 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
31. 4.139 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 1:21 PM PST · 15946 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
32. 1.81 km NW of Garberville, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 9:30 PM PST · 15946 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
33. 1.717 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 2, 11:31 AM PST · 15945 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
34. 3.579 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 3, 10:00 PM PST · 15944 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
35. 3.118 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 4, 12:33 PM PST · 15943 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
36. 1.614 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 4, 1:11 PM PST · 15943 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
37. 2.518 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 4, 8:33 PM PST · 15943 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
38. 2.427 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 5, 12:45 AM PST · 15942 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
39. 2.238 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 7, 10:21 PM PST · 15940 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
40. 1.835 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 8, 5:48 AM PST · 15939 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
41. 1.836 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 8, 5:50 AM PST · 15939 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
42. 2.470 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 8, 7:30 PM PST · 15939 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
43. 2.737 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 9, 6:42 AM PST · 15938 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
44. 1.830 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 9, 9:44 AM PST · 15938 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
45. 1.79 km NW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaThu, Feb 10, 7:45 PM PST · 15937 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
46. 4.144 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 10:28 AM PST · 15936 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
47. 3.010 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 6:40 PM PST · 15936 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
48. 2.121 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 5:10 AM PST · 15934 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
49. 3.286 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 3:31 PM PST · 15934 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
50. 1.724 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Feb 16, 5:38 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
51. 1.723 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Feb 16, 11:18 PM PST · 15931 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
52. 3.435 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 17, 7:33 AM PST · 15930 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
53. 2.064 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 18, 1:23 PM PST · 15929 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
54. 3.478 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 19, 11:25 PM PST · 15928 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
55. 1.626 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 5:40 PM PST · 15927 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
56. 2.961 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 20, 10:12 PM PST · 15927 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
57. 2.721 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 6:49 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
58. 2.65 km ESE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 11:38 AM PST · 15923 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
59. 2.125 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 26, 3:04 PM PST · 15921 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
60. 2.553 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 7:11 AM PST · 15919 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

1. 2.14 km WNW of Manila, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 4:44 PM PST · 15965 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.517 km ENE of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Jan 13, 5:17 AM PST · 15965 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
3. 2.11 km NNW of Redway, CaliforniaWed, Jan 12, 1:15 AM PST · 15966 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
4. 1.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 7:22 PM PST · 15967 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
5. 1.732 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 2:03 PM PST · 15970 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
6. 1.624 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 12:26 PM PST · 15970 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
7. 1.815 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 10:27 AM PST · 15970 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
8. 2.756 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 6, 8:26 AM PST · 15972 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
9. 1.77 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 8:09 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
10. 1.627 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 7:56 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
11. 1.622 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 3:08 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
12. 2.029 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Jan 5, 2:22 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
13. 1.718 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 4:25 AM PST · 15974 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.33 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:14 PM PST · 15975 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
15. 2.712 km NW of Manila, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 9:15 AM PST · 15975 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
16. 2.019 km SE of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Jan 3, 7:52 AM PST · 15975 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
17. 3.810 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 10:51 AM PST · 15976 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
18. 1.623 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 6:06 AM PST · 15976 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
19. 1.817 km SW of Burnt Ranch, CaliforniaFri, Dec 31, 8:23 PM PST · 15978 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
20. 1.814 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 30, 11:55 AM PST · 15979 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1085683. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC.