M1.9 earthquake 35 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

1.9 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Aug 21, 1985, 6:02 AM PDT

UTC

1985-08-21 13:02:39 UTC

Depth

12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.318° N, 124.501° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.7 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

281°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast35 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast43 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast236 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast890 kmNW

After

1. 2.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Aug 24, 1:54 AM PDT · 15004 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.111 km WNW of Hyampom, CaliforniaSun, Aug 25, 9:59 AM PDT · 15003 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.028 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:08 PM PDT · 15002 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.644 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 8:23 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.599 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 5:14 PM PDT · 15000 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
6. 2.419 km SSE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 2:21 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
7. 1.925 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 1:38 AM PDT · 14997 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
8. 2.4near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 1:18 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
9. 3.722 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 9:53 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
10. 2.024 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 10:47 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
11. 1.616 km ENE of Leggett, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 11:52 PM PDT · 14994 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.59 km SSW of Hyampom, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 9:57 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
13. 2.58 km SE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 12:30 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
14. 2.529 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 7:14 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
15. 2.121 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 7:36 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
16. 1.622 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 8:00 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
17. 1.620 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 12:57 AM PDT · 14991 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.938 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 6:14 AM PDT · 14991 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 7, 7:55 AM PDT · 14990 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.654 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 10, 9:37 PM PDT · 14986 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
21. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 11, 3:01 PM PDT · 14986 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
22. 1.71 km SW of Redway, CaliforniaFri, Sep 20, 2:50 PM PDT · 14977 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
23. 3.656 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 21, 4:58 AM PDT · 14976 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
24. 2.210 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Sep 24, 11:20 PM PDT · 14972 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
25. 1.648 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 9:12 AM PDT · 14971 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
26. 2.04 km NE of Hydesville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 4:14 PM PDT · 14971 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
27. 1.831 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 28, 12:32 PM PDT · 14969 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
28. 2.979 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 28, 1:00 PM PDT · 14969 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
29. 2.541 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:57 AM PDT · 14968 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
30. 1.84 km N of Hydesville, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 6:12 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
31. 1.619 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 7:56 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
32. 1.818 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:14 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
33. 1.835 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:49 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
34. 2.14 km ESE of Fortuna, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 12:52 PM PDT · 14963 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
35. 1.722 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 3:30 PM PDT · 14963 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
36. 2.221 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 12:12 AM PDT · 14962 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
37. 2.422 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 4:49 AM PDT · 14962 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
38. 1.925 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 8:51 PM PDT · 14962 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
39. 3.528 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 9:34 PM PDT · 14961 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
40. 3.066 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 8, 1:33 AM PDT · 14959 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
41. 1.714 km W of Ruth, CaliforniaWed, Oct 9, 3:47 AM PDT · 14958 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
42. 2.720 km SW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Oct 11, 2:11 AM PDT · 14956 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
43. 2.041 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 11, 4:43 PM PDT · 14956 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
44. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 6:14 PM PDT · 14954 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
45. 2.625 km SE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 4:11 PM PDT · 14948 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 2.146 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 20, 10:14 PM PDT · 15007 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
2. 2.126 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Aug 17, 5:27 PM PDT · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
3. 1.923 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Aug 14, 4:53 PM PDT · 15014 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.69 km SW of Alderpoint, CaliforniaFri, Aug 9, 5:27 PM PDT · 15019 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.779 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Aug 8, 12:58 AM PDT · 15020 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
6. 1.77 km ENE of Redcrest, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 6:58 PM PDT · 15028 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
7. 2.820 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:59 PM PDT · 15029 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 4:24 AM PDT · 15029 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
9. 4.281 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 3:57 AM PDT · 15029 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
10. 3.418 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 8:52 PM PDT · 15030 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.627 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 2:38 AM PDT · 15030 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
12. 5.063 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 26, 4:49 PM PDT · 15033 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
13. 2.112 km NE of Redcrest, CaliforniaWed, Jul 24, 3:39 PM PDT · 15035 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
14. 4.389 km WNW of Samoa, CaliforniaTue, Jul 23, 11:04 AM PDT · 15036 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc55192. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.