M2.1 earthquake 52 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.1 (md), micro

Local time

Sun, Jun 2, 1985, 6:25 AM PDT

UTC

1985-06-02 13:25:44 UTC

Depth

19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.277° N, 124.740° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

275°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast52 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast61 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast255 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast900 kmNW

After

1. 2.012 km SW of Weott, CaliforniaMon, Jun 3, 6:19 PM PDT · 15093 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.315 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaWed, Jun 5, 10:12 AM PDT · 15091 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.116 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Jun 6, 5:50 AM PDT · 15091 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
4. 1.67 km W of Redcrest, CaliforniaMon, Jun 10, 12:13 AM PDT · 15087 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
5. 2.05 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 9:20 AM PDT · 15085 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
6. 1.620 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 6:59 PM PDT · 15083 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.923 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jun 19, 11:15 AM PDT · 15077 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
8. 3.328 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Jun 23, 4:14 PM PDT · 15073 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
9. 2.510 km NW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaTue, Jun 25, 6:03 PM PDT · 15071 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
10. 2.114 km WNW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jun 27, 5:21 PM PDT · 15069 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
11. 2.585 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jun 30, 1:10 AM PDT · 15067 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
12. 3.42 km NNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaTue, Jul 2, 4:56 PM PDT · 15064 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
13. 2.139 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 3, 2:07 AM PDT · 15064 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
14. 2.031 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jul 3, 10:25 PM PDT · 15063 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
15. 1.67 km W of Loleta, CaliforniaThu, Jul 4, 12:55 AM PDT · 15063 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
16. 2.43 km WNW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaThu, Jul 4, 9:07 AM PDT · 15063 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.65 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jul 4, 5:31 PM PDT · 15062 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
18. 1.85 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 5, 4:45 AM PDT · 15062 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
19. 2.128 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 5, 2:14 PM PDT · 15061 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
20. 1.615 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Jul 5, 9:00 PM PDT · 15061 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
21. 2.319 km NNW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaSat, Jul 6, 10:58 AM PDT · 15060 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
22. 2.817 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, Jul 6, 10:26 PM PDT · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
23. 2.53 km N of Redway, CaliforniaMon, Jul 8, 1:05 AM PDT · 15059 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
24. 1.619 km SW of Weott, CaliforniaMon, Jul 8, 10:02 AM PDT · 15058 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
25. 1.8near the coast of Northern CaliforniaMon, Jul 8, 4:48 PM PDT · 15058 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
26. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaTue, Jul 9, 1:26 AM PDT · 15058 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
27. 2.810 km W of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Jul 10, 12:52 PM PDT · 15056 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
28. 2.210 km W of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Jul 10, 2:26 PM PDT · 15056 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
29. 2.123 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 12:09 AM PDT · 15056 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
30. 1.76 km ESE of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 10:23 PM PDT · 15055 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
31. 3.329 km W of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaSat, Jul 13, 11:36 AM PDT · 15053 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
32. 2.436 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 13, 1:25 PM PDT · 15053 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
33. 3.685 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 2:56 PM PDT · 15050 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
34. 3.09km N of Petrolia, CAThu, Jul 18, 9:47 AM PDT · 15048 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
35. 1.715 km W of Weott, CaliforniaThu, Jul 18, 7:21 PM PDT · 15048 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
36. 2.220 km W of Weott, CaliforniaSun, Jul 21, 12:17 AM PDT · 15046 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
37. 2.112 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaSun, Jul 21, 1:25 AM PDT · 15046 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
38. 4.389 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Jul 23, 11:04 AM PDT · 15043 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
39. 2.112 km NE of Redcrest, CaliforniaWed, Jul 24, 3:39 PM PDT · 15042 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
40. 5.063 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 26, 4:49 PM PDT · 15040 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
41. 2.627 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 2:38 AM PDT · 15038 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
42. 4.281 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 3:57 AM PDT · 15037 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
43. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 4:24 AM PDT · 15037 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
44. 2.820 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:59 PM PDT · 15036 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
45. 1.77 km ENE of Redcrest, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 6:58 PM PDT · 15035 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 2.628 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 4:01 AM PDT · 15095 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaFri, May 31, 8:22 AM PDT · 15097 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
3. 1.69 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 10:38 PM PDT · 15098 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.021 km WNW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 9:05 AM PDT · 15099 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
5. 2.14 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 5:09 AM PDT · 15099 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
6. 1.610 km SSE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaSat, May 25, 3:13 AM PDT · 15103 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
7. 2.08 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 6:44 AM PDT · 15104 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
8. 2.519 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, May 22, 12:35 AM PDT · 15106 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
9. 2.586 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 19, 4:18 PM PDT · 15108 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
10. 3.911 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 5:05 AM PDT · 15110 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
11. 3.394 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, May 17, 4:45 PM PDT · 15110 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.630 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, May 15, 7:25 PM PDT · 15112 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
13. 2.410 km NNE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaTue, May 14, 10:45 PM PDT · 15113 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
14. 3.0off the coast of Northern CaliforniaTue, May 14, 5:56 PM PDT · 15113 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
15. 1.95 km NW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 4:25 AM PDT · 15115 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
16. 4.3104 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, May 12, 6:55 AM PDT · 15116 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
17. 3.119 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 9:11 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
18. 2.326 km W of Samoa, CaliforniaFri, May 10, 11:25 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
19. 1.65 km SSE of Benbow, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 7:52 PM PDT · 15118 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
20. 2.25 km WSW of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, May 8, 11:28 AM PDT · 15119 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc48894. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.