M3.8 earthquake 79 km WNW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

3.8 (ml), minor

Local time

Tue, Jan 15, 1985, 11:36 PM PST

UTC

1985-01-16 07:36:12 UTC

Depth

1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.748° N, 125.171° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

258°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

46

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast79 kmWNW
• Eureka, CaliforniaPopulation 27,017. Forecast85 kmW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast305 kmWNW

After

1. 2.872 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 16, 8:02 AM PST · 15224 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
2. 2.23 km WSW of Loleta, CaliforniaSat, Jan 19, 10:33 AM PST · 15221 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
3. 2.936 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 19, 4:14 PM PST · 15221 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.74 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaSat, Jan 19, 9:52 PM PST · 15220 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
5. 2.136 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 19, 10:51 PM PST · 15220 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
6. 2.743 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 21, 1:33 AM PST · 15219 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
7. 2.0near the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Jan 23, 1:29 PM PST · 15217 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.1near the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Jan 23, 1:34 PM PST · 15217 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
9. 3.1114 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaFri, Jan 25, 8:46 PM PST · 15214 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
10. 2.328 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 26, 6:03 AM PST · 15214 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
11. 2.222 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 27, 7:59 AM PST · 15213 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
12. 3.052 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 28, 10:38 PM PST · 15211 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
13. 2.465 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jan 28, 10:40 PM PST · 15211 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
14. 1.68 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Jan 29, 12:56 AM PST · 15211 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.647 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 4:52 AM PST · 15209 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
16. 3.543 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 12:37 PM PST · 15209 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
17. 3.438 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 12:49 AM PST · 15206 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
18. 3.3112 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 10:23 AM PST · 15206 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
19. 3.293 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 7:55 AM PST · 15205 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
20. 2.659 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 6:19 PM PST · 15203 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
21. 2.945 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 1:26 AM PST · 15203 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
22. 2.612 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 8:17 PM PST · 15202 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
23. 2.728 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 9:11 AM PST · 15202 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
24. 1.619 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 15, 1:51 AM PST · 15194 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
25. 3.0109 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 16, 4:05 PM PST · 15193 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
26. 2.07 km WSW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Feb 19, 6:28 PM PST · 15189 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
27. 2.951 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 20, 3:53 PM PST · 15189 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
28. 3.529 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Feb 22, 5:42 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
29. 2.514 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Feb 22, 8:37 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
30. 2.853 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 23, 1:51 PM PST · 15186 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
31. 2.228 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 4:13 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
32. 1.726 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 6:49 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
33. 2.126 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 7:49 AM PST · 15185 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
34. 2.532 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 1:36 PM PST · 15185 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
35. 1.529 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 3:23 PM PST · 15185 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
36. 2.637 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 6:08 PM PST · 15177 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
37. 3.035 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 6:55 PM PST · 15177 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
38. 2.63 km ESE of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 9:20 PM PST · 15177 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
39. 2.761 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 15, 1:34 PM PST · 15166 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
40. 1.832 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Mar 16, 3:17 AM PST · 15165 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

Before

1. 2.439 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 15, 9:25 PM PST · 15224 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
2. 2.436 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 6:14 AM PST · 15227 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.125 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 7:41 PM PST · 15227 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
4. 2.960 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 1:28 AM PST · 15228 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
5. 2.566 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 9:22 AM PST · 15230 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
6. 4.094 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 6, 1:25 AM PST · 15234 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
7. 1.89 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 2:20 AM PST · 15238 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
8. 3.644 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 31, 2:36 AM PST · 15240 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
9. 1.933 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Dec 30, 11:51 PM PST · 15240 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
10. 2.664 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 27, 9:49 PM PST · 15243 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
11. 1.70 km ENE of Fields Landing, CaliforniaThu, Dec 27, 8:57 PM PST · 15243 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
12. 2.3105 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Dec 27, 8:22 PM PST · 15243 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
13. 2.753 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaThu, Dec 27, 6:45 AM PST · 15244 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
14. 2.222 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 1:21 AM PST · 15245 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
15. 1.816 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Dec 25, 11:27 AM PST · 15246 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
16. 1.87 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 6:54 PM PST · 15249 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
17. 3.58 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 6:09 PM PST · 15249 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
18. 2.237 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 12:36 AM PST · 15250 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
19. 2.852 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 19, 5:09 PM PST · 15251 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.812 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Dec 17, 8:39 PM PST · 15253 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc40268 (also filed as usp0002b2u). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.