M2.3 earthquake 36 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.3 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Aug 24, 1985, 1:54 AM PDT

UTC

1985-08-24 08:54:50 UTC

Depth

20.0 km (12.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.302° N, 124.509° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

232°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

15

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast37 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast44 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast236 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast889 kmNW

After

1. 2.111 km WNW of Hyampom, CaliforniaSun, Aug 25, 9:59 AM PDT · 15003 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
2. 2.028 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:08 PM PDT · 15002 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.644 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 27, 8:23 AM PDT · 15001 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
4. 2.599 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 5:14 PM PDT · 15000 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.419 km SSE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 2:21 AM PDT · 14999 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
6. 1.925 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 1:38 AM PDT · 14998 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
7. 2.4near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 1:18 PM PDT · 14996 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
8. 3.722 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 9:53 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
9. 2.024 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 10:47 AM PDT · 14995 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
10. 1.616 km ENE of Leggett, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 11:52 PM PDT · 14995 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.59 km SSW of Hyampom, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 9:57 PM PDT · 14993 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
12. 2.58 km SE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 12:30 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.529 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 7:14 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
14. 2.121 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 7:36 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
15. 1.622 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 8:00 PM PDT · 14992 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
16. 1.620 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 12:57 AM PDT · 14992 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
17. 2.938 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 6:14 AM PDT · 14991 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.837 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 7, 7:55 AM PDT · 14990 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
19. 2.654 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Sep 10, 9:37 PM PDT · 14987 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
20. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Sep 11, 3:01 PM PDT · 14986 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
21. 1.71 km SW of Redway, CaliforniaFri, Sep 20, 2:50 PM PDT · 14977 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
22. 3.656 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 21, 4:58 AM PDT · 14976 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
23. 2.210 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Sep 24, 11:20 PM PDT · 14973 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
24. 1.648 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 9:12 AM PDT · 14971 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.04 km NE of Hydesville, CaliforniaThu, Sep 26, 4:14 PM PDT · 14971 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
26. 1.831 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 28, 12:32 PM PDT · 14969 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.979 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Sep 28, 1:00 PM PDT · 14969 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
28. 2.541 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:57 AM PDT · 14968 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
29. 1.84 km N of Hydesville, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 6:12 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
30. 1.619 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 7:56 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
31. 1.818 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:14 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
32. 1.835 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:49 PM PDT · 14968 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.14 km ESE of Fortuna, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 12:52 PM PDT · 14963 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
34. 1.722 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 3:30 PM PDT · 14963 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
35. 2.221 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 12:12 AM PDT · 14963 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
36. 2.422 km NW of Mad River, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 4:49 AM PDT · 14962 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
37. 1.925 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 8:51 PM PDT · 14962 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
38. 3.528 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Oct 5, 9:34 PM PDT · 14962 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
39. 3.066 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Oct 8, 1:33 AM PDT · 14960 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
40. 1.714 km W of Ruth, CaliforniaWed, Oct 9, 3:47 AM PDT · 14958 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
41. 2.720 km SW of Weott, CaliforniaFri, Oct 11, 2:11 AM PDT · 14957 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
42. 2.041 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Oct 11, 4:43 PM PDT · 14956 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
43. 3.337 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 6:14 PM PDT · 14954 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
44. 2.625 km SE of Blue Lake, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 4:11 PM PDT · 14948 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
45. 2.312 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Oct 21, 1:42 AM PDT · 14947 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away

Before

1. 1.935 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Aug 21, 6:02 AM PDT · 15007 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.146 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Aug 20, 10:14 PM PDT · 15008 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
3. 2.126 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Aug 17, 5:27 PM PDT · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.923 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Aug 14, 4:53 PM PDT · 15014 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
5. 1.69 km SW of Alderpoint, CaliforniaFri, Aug 9, 5:27 PM PDT · 15019 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
6. 2.779 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Aug 8, 12:58 AM PDT · 15021 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
7. 1.77 km ENE of Redcrest, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 6:58 PM PDT · 15028 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
8. 2.820 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:59 PM PDT · 15029 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
9. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 4:24 AM PDT · 15029 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
10. 4.281 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 3:57 AM PDT · 15029 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
11. 3.418 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 8:52 PM PDT · 15030 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.627 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 2:38 AM PDT · 15031 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
13. 5.063 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jul 26, 4:49 PM PDT · 15033 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc55204. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.