M2.6 earthquake 28 km SW of Ferndale, California

Magnitude

2.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Tue, Mar 1, 1988, 9:16 AM PST

UTC

1988-03-01 17:16:31 UTC

Depth

17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.373° N, 124.464° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

225°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

15

• Ferndale, CaliforniaPopulation 1,369. Forecast28 kmSW
• Fortuna, CaliforniaPopulation 12,000. Forecast36 kmSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast235 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast892 kmNW

After

1. 3.555 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 1, 8:59 PM PST · 14093 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
2. 1.614 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 4:20 AM PST · 14091 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
3. 1.87 km WSW of Willow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Mar 5, 8:30 PM PST · 14089 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
4. 3.212 km ENE of Mad River, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 6:52 AM PST · 14088 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
5. 1.69 km N of Mad River, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 8:02 AM PST · 14088 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.443 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 6, 7:09 PM PST · 14088 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
7. 1.918 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Mar 9, 10:10 PM PST · 14085 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
8. 2.36 km N of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSat, Mar 12, 10:48 PM PST · 14082 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
9. 3.334 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Mar 14, 10:24 AM PST · 14080 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.783 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 4:35 AM PST · 14080 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
11. 1.634 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 2:25 PM PST · 14079 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
12. 3.522 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 2:40 PM PST · 14079 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.237 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaTue, Mar 15, 7:18 PM PST · 14079 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
14. 2.727 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 1:08 PM PST · 14078 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
15. 1.51 km SE of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 9:08 PM PST · 14078 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
16. 1.722 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 9:12 PM PST · 14078 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
17. 2.136 km W of Indianola, CaliforniaThu, Mar 17, 2:36 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
18. 3.070 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 20, 10:41 AM PST · 14074 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
19. 1.79 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaSun, Mar 20, 6:38 PM PST · 14074 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
20. 4.0106 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 20, 7:03 PM PST · 14074 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
21. 2.979 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 20, 7:13 PM PST · 14074 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
22. 3.415 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Mar 22, 1:06 AM PST · 14073 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
23. 2.36 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaTue, Mar 22, 2:19 AM PST · 14073 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
24. 2.525 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 22, 3:52 PM PST · 14072 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.625 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Mar 22, 4:19 PM PST · 14072 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
26. 2.317 km SE of Indianola, CaliforniaWed, Mar 23, 3:54 AM PST · 14072 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
27. 1.914 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Mar 23, 9:49 PM PST · 14071 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
28. 2.514 km ENE of Westhaven-Moonstone, CaliforniaThu, Mar 24, 5:04 PM PST · 14070 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
29. 1.74 km W of Big Lagoon, CaliforniaFri, Mar 25, 1:18 AM PST · 14070 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
30. 1.812 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Mar 27, 10:45 AM PST · 14067 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
31. 1.9near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Mar 31, 8:15 PM PST · 14063 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
32. 1.64 km SW of Fortuna, CaliforniaThu, Mar 31, 10:42 PM PST · 14063 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
33. 3.612 km NE of Redcrest, CaliforniaFri, Apr 1, 12:41 AM PST · 14063 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
34. 1.919 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 1, 1:50 AM PST · 14063 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
35. 3.725 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 1, 2:27 AM PST · 14063 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.011 km NW of Fields Landing, CaliforniaFri, Apr 1, 11:19 PM PST · 14062 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
37. 2.335 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Apr 3, 4:27 AM PDT · 14061 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
38. 1.67 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 4, 4:35 AM PDT · 14060 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
39. 2.784 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 5, 7:44 AM PDT · 14058 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
40. 2.520 km W of Hyampom, CaliforniaTue, Apr 5, 9:05 AM PDT · 14058 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
41. 2.022 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 5, 9:38 AM PDT · 14058 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
42. 2.218 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaTue, Apr 5, 7:55 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
43. 2.6101 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 5, 10:03 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
44. 2.413 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Apr 7, 6:52 AM PDT · 14056 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
45. 2.413 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Apr 8, 2:51 AM PDT · 14056 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
46. 1.614 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Apr 8, 6:54 AM PDT · 14055 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
47. 2.48 km SW of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, Apr 8, 6:26 PM PDT · 14055 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
48. 1.89 km SSW of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, Apr 8, 7:10 PM PDT · 14055 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
49. 1.915 km ENE of Hydesville, CaliforniaWed, Apr 13, 3:56 AM PDT · 14051 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
50. 2.536 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Apr 15, 10:18 PM PDT · 14048 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
51. 1.635 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 16, 10:55 AM PDT · 14047 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
52. 1.620 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Apr 16, 10:03 PM PDT · 14047 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
53. 2.216 km NE of Leggett, CaliforniaSun, Apr 17, 3:48 PM PDT · 14046 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
54. 2.236 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 18, 11:06 AM PDT · 14045 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
55. 1.913 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Apr 18, 2:29 PM PDT · 14045 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
56. 1.812 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Apr 18, 4:33 PM PDT · 14045 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
57. 2.777 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Apr 18, 7:11 PM PDT · 14045 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
58. 4.111 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Apr 19, 1:44 AM PDT · 14045 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
59. 1.6near the coast of Northern CaliforniaWed, Apr 20, 8:56 PM PDT · 14043 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
60. 1.95 km SSE of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Apr 21, 11:23 PM PDT · 14042 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

1. 2.312 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 29, 6:55 PM PST · 14094 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.86 km N of Ruth, CaliforniaMon, Feb 29, 10:36 AM PST · 14094 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.310 km NW of Samoa, CaliforniaSun, Feb 28, 3:12 AM PST · 14096 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
4. 1.6near the coast of Northern CaliforniaSat, Feb 27, 8:06 PM PST · 14096 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
5. 2.110 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 25, 1:26 PM PST · 14098 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
6. 1.613 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Feb 25, 7:08 AM PST · 14098 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
7. 1.842 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Feb 24, 5:37 PM PST · 14099 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.528 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Feb 23, 4:12 PM PST · 14100 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
9. 1.834 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 21, 11:26 PM PST · 14102 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
10. 3.189 km W of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 21, 2:18 PM PST · 14102 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.434 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 20, 3:20 PM PST · 14103 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
12. 2.835 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 20, 2:31 PM PST · 14103 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
13. 1.534 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 20, 1:17 PM PST · 14103 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
14. 2.330 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Feb 18, 8:48 AM PST · 14105 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
15. 1.68 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Feb 16, 4:24 PM PST · 14107 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.120 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaMon, Feb 15, 6:56 PM PST · 14108 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
17. 1.842 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 15, 6:28 PM PST · 14108 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.019 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaMon, Feb 15, 4:49 PM PST · 14108 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
19. 1.746 km WNW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaMon, Feb 15, 4:48 PM PST · 14108 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
20. 2.121 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Feb 15, 5:26 AM PST · 14108 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc10086721. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.