California earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 9 km W of Ferndale, California

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 9 km W of Ferndale, California on Sun, Feb 1, 1987, 5:57 PM PST (01:57 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1987-02-02 01:57:13 UTC
Depth
28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.591° N, 124.376° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
225°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.445 km W of Ferndale, California · 14472 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.540 km W of Indianola, California · 14471 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.616 km WSW of Leggett, California · 14471 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.911 km ENE of Hydesville, California · 14471 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.8near the coast of Northern California · 14471 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.641 km SW of Ferndale, California · 14468 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.729 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14468 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.410 km W of Scotia, California · 14467 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.956 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14455 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.881 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 14454 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.112 km NE of Burnt Ranch, California · 14453 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.118 km ENE of Westhaven-Moonstone, California · 14452 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 3.674 km SW of Ferndale, California · 14452 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.037 km W of Ferndale, California · 14452 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 3.282 km W of Samoa, California · 14451 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.137 km SW of Ferndale, California · 14450 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.648 km WNW of Samoa, California · 14449 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 3.125 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 14447 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.043 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14446 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.326 km SW of Ferndale, California · 14444 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.810 km WNW of Manila, California · 14444 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.81 km NE of Redway, California · 14443 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.4Northern California · 14442 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.89 km ENE of Benbow, California · 14441 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.38 km SSW of Alderpoint, California · 14440 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.310 km SSW of Alderpoint, California · 14440 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.686 km W of Ferndale, California · 14438 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.172 km W of Ferndale, California · 14437 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.392 km W of Ferndale, California · 14425 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.727 km SW of Scotia, California · 14422 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.813 km ESE of Blue Lake, California · 14421 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 3.633 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14420 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.136 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14420 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.236 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14420 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.1near the coast of Northern California · 14418 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 1.724 km SW of Scotia, California · 14478 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.513 km WNW of Mad River, California · 14480 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.217 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14486 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.318 km ESE of Indianola, California · 14488 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.937 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 14490 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.666 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 14491 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.82 km SE of Myers Flat, California · 14491 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.434 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 14491 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.614 km WSW of Scotia, California · 14493 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.614 km SE of Blue Lake, California · 14493 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.48 km S of Scotia, California · 14494 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.6near the coast of Northern California · 14494 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.6near the coast of Northern California · 14495 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.52 km WSW of Leggett, California · 14496 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc93680 (also filed as usp0003240). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.