M3.0 earthquake 35 km W of Big Lagoon, California

Magnitude

3.0 (md), minor

Local time

Sun, Mar 3, 1985, 6:55 PM PST

UTC

1985-03-04 02:55:01 UTC

Depth

17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

41.139° N, 124.557° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

231°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaPopulation 1,205. Forecast40 kmWNW
• McKinleyville, CaliforniaPopulation 15,177. Forecast44 kmWNW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast279 kmNW

After

1. 2.63 km ESE of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 9:20 PM PST · 15177 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
2. 3.226 km NE of Willow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Mar 14, 4:14 PM PST · 15166 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.761 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 15, 1:34 PM PST · 15166 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
4. 1.832 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 16, 3:17 AM PST · 15165 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
5. 2.312 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaMon, Mar 18, 4:49 AM PST · 15163 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
6. 3.043 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 20, 8:19 PM PST · 15160 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.932 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Mar 21, 7:45 AM PST · 15160 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.49 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 22, 7:26 PM PST · 15158 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
9. 1.930 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 22, 11:54 PM PST · 15158 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
10. 2.831 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Mar 25, 12:19 AM PST · 15156 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.521 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Mar 25, 7:11 PM PST · 15155 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.48 km ESE of Hydesville, CaliforniaThu, Mar 28, 4:14 PM PST · 15152 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
13. 3.071 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 29, 5:44 AM PST · 15152 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
14. 2.031 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 30, 2:46 AM PST · 15151 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
15. 2.843 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 31, 11:51 AM PST · 15150 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.98 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 2, 3:47 PM PST · 15148 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
17. 3.59 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 2, 6:27 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.89 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 2, 9:53 PM PST · 15147 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
19. 2.09 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 3, 5:12 AM PST · 15147 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
20. 3.323 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Apr 3, 10:12 AM PST · 15147 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
21. 2.354 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 4, 1:47 PM PST · 15146 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
22. 2.715 km S of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Apr 6, 7:09 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
23. 3.543 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 6, 8:38 AM PST · 15144 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
24. 1.827 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Apr 7, 9:56 AM PST · 15143 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
25. 2.237 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 8, 1:58 AM PST · 15142 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
26. 1.65 km SSW of Redcrest, CaliforniaMon, Apr 8, 4:33 AM PST · 15142 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
27. 2.314 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Apr 8, 6:16 AM PST · 15142 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
28. 3.089 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 10, 5:01 PM PST · 15139 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
29. 2.18 km NE of Hydesville, CaliforniaWed, Apr 10, 6:48 PM PST · 15139 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
30. 2.04 km SE of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 11:36 PM PST · 15138 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
31. 2.73 km SE of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 11, 11:37 PM PST · 15138 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
32. 3.837 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 7:05 AM PST · 15137 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
33. 3.442 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 13, 10:55 PM PST · 15136 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
34. 1.712 km ENE of Redcrest, CaliforniaSun, Apr 14, 2:28 AM PST · 15136 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
35. 3.441 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 16, 6:58 AM PST · 15134 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
36. 2.431 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Apr 17, 7:55 AM PST · 15133 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
37. 2.763 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 5:51 PM PST · 15131 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
38. 1.818 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 4:11 AM PST · 15129 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
39. 2.946 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Apr 21, 1:40 PM PST · 15129 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
40. 3.028 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 5:59 AM PST · 15127 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
41. 3.423 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Apr 23, 6:40 AM PST · 15127 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
42. 3.05 km NW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaSat, Apr 27, 9:44 PM PST · 15122 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
43. 1.910 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 29, 8:02 AM PDT · 15121 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
44. 3.119 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 30, 9:31 AM PDT · 15120 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
45. 1.610 km WSW of Rio Dell, CaliforniaThu, May 2, 10:49 AM PDT · 15118 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away

Before

1. 2.637 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 6:08 PM PST · 15177 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.028 km SE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaMon, Feb 25, 4:18 PM PST · 15183 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.529 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 3:23 PM PST · 15185 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
4. 2.532 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 1:36 PM PST · 15185 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.126 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 7:49 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.726 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 6:49 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.228 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 4:13 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
8. 2.853 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 23, 1:51 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
9. 2.514 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 22, 8:37 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
10. 3.529 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 22, 5:42 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.951 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 20, 3:53 PM PST · 15188 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.07 km WSW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Feb 19, 6:28 PM PST · 15189 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
13. 1.619 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 15, 1:51 AM PST · 15194 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.18 km ENE of Trinity Village, CaliforniaMon, Feb 11, 7:11 PM PST · 15197 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
15. 2.728 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 9:11 AM PST · 15202 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
16. 2.612 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 8:17 PM PST · 15202 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
17. 2.945 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 1:26 AM PST · 15203 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
18. 2.659 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 6:19 PM PST · 15203 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
19. 1.821 km N of Willow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 8:38 PM PST · 15205 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
20. 3.438 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 12:49 AM PST · 15206 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc44357. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.