M1.8 earthquake 30 km WNW of Cleone, California

Magnitude

1.8 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sun, Dec 30, 1990, 2:59 AM PST

UTC

1990-12-30 10:59:47 UTC

Depth

3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.611° N, 124.103° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 15.4 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

304°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Cleone, CaliforniaPopulation 618. Forecast30 kmWNW
• Ukiah, CaliforniaPopulation 15,917. Forecast92 kmNW
• Santa Rosa, CaliforniaPopulation 178,127. Forecast177 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast808 kmNW

After

1. 1.97 km ESE of Laytonville, CaliforniaSun, Dec 30, 8:54 PM PST · 13062 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
2. 1.79 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 31, 3:57 AM PST · 13061 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
3. 4.326 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaMon, Dec 31, 4:20 PM PST · 13061 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
4. 2.340 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 1:01 AM PST · 13060 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
5. 1.630 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 7:36 PM PST · 13059 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
6. 1.930 km SE of Covelo, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 8:26 PM PST · 13058 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
7. 2.317 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Jan 8, 12:31 AM PST · 13053 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
8. 1.67 km E of Calpella, CaliforniaWed, Jan 9, 2:13 PM PST · 13052 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.829 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 3:53 PM PST · 13051 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.233 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 2:48 PM PST · 13050 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.129 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 8:12 PM PST · 13048 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.810 km E of Benbow, CaliforniaMon, Jan 14, 12:39 PM PST · 13047 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
13. 2.728 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaThu, Jan 17, 7:03 AM PST · 13044 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
14. 2.18 km S of Boonville, CaliforniaThu, Jan 17, 7:20 AM PST · 13044 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
15. 3.336 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 18, 12:08 PM PST · 13043 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
16. 2.832 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 18, 7:00 PM PST · 13043 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
17. 1.924 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Jan 18, 10:07 PM PST · 13043 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
18. 2.041 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Jan 19, 3:18 AM PST · 13042 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
19. 2.433 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Jan 22, 3:42 PM PST · 13039 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
20. 2.428 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Jan 24, 8:12 PM PST · 13037 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
21. 1.67 km E of Willits, CaliforniaFri, Jan 25, 6:52 AM PST · 13036 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
22. 2.613 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSat, Jan 26, 6:22 PM PST · 13035 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
23. 2.113 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSun, Jan 27, 4:39 AM PST · 13034 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
24. 2.834 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Jan 27, 9:17 AM PST · 13034 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.123 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 2:17 AM PST · 13031 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
26. 1.627 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 8:44 AM PST · 13031 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
27. 2.23 km NNE of Talmage, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 10:03 PM PST · 13031 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
28. 1.7near the coast of Northern CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 4:34 AM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
29. 2.324 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 4:54 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
30. 2.024 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 5:37 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
31. 2.48 km NNW of Redwood Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:34 PM PST · 13029 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
32. 1.99 km NNW of Redwood Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:36 PM PST · 13029 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
33. 2.540 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 8:11 AM PST · 13028 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
34. 3.539 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 7:58 PM PST · 13028 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
35. 2.79 km S of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 8:11 PM PST · 13028 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
36. 1.911 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Feb 2, 8:39 PM PST · 13028 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
37. 1.77 km W of Rio Dell, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 7:46 AM PST · 13027 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
38. 1.712 km E of Covelo, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 9:08 PM PST · 13025 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
39. 3.020 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 8:38 PM PST · 13023 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
40. 2.124 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 11:54 PM PST · 13022 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
41. 1.923 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 9, 8:02 PM PST · 13021 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
42. 1.626 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 9, 8:31 PM PST · 13021 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
43. 1.63 km NNE of Talmage, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 3:00 AM PST · 13020 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
44. 1.826 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 3:03 AM PST · 13020 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
45. 1.75 km WSW of Calpella, CaliforniaMon, Feb 11, 5:59 PM PST · 13019 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
46. 1.818 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 12:57 PM PST · 13018 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
47. 1.620 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 1:01 PM PST · 13018 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
48. 2.856 km WNW of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 7:30 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
49. 1.819 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 5:32 PM PST · 13017 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
50. 1.613 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSat, Feb 16, 11:22 AM PST · 13014 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
51. 2.335 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Feb 16, 5:04 PM PST · 13014 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
52. 1.614 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSat, Feb 16, 5:55 PM PST · 13014 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
53. 1.619 km WSW of Weott, CaliforniaSun, Feb 17, 3:58 PM PST · 13013 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
54. 1.69 km NW of Laytonville, CaliforniaWed, Feb 20, 8:18 AM PST · 13010 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
55. 2.04 km N of Laytonville, CaliforniaThu, Feb 21, 6:17 AM PST · 13009 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
56. 1.531 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Feb 24, 2:25 AM PST · 13006 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
57. 2.534 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Feb 25, 10:56 PM PST · 13004 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
58. 1.930 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Feb 26, 7:19 AM PST · 13004 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
59. 2.24 km NNW of Laytonville, CaliforniaWed, Feb 27, 9:31 PM PST · 13003 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
60. 1.93 km N of Laytonville, CaliforniaThu, Feb 28, 2:44 AM PST · 13002 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away

Before

1. 2.014 km NNW of Laytonville, CaliforniaSat, Dec 29, 7:04 PM PST · 13063 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
2. 1.723 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaFri, Dec 28, 6:02 AM PST · 13064 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
3. 2.048 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 8:39 AM PST · 13066 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
4. 2.228 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 1:48 AM PST · 13066 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
5. 2.442 km WSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaTue, Dec 25, 2:50 PM PST · 13067 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.627 km NNE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaSun, Dec 23, 7:05 AM PST · 13069 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
7. 2.337 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 9:15 PM PST · 13070 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
8. 2.31 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 5:55 PM PST · 13070 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
9. 1.710 km ENE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 3:39 AM PST · 13070 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
10. 1.733 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSat, Dec 22, 3:09 AM PST · 13070 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.424 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 5:40 AM PST · 13071 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
12. 3.315 km SSW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 20, 10:55 PM PST · 13071 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
13. 2.227 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaTue, Dec 18, 8:18 AM PST · 13074 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
14. 1.71 km E of Talmage, CaliforniaMon, Dec 17, 12:53 PM PST · 13075 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
15. 1.730 km SW of Scotia, CaliforniaThu, Dec 13, 11:33 PM PST · 13078 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
16. 1.622 km SSW of Ferndale, CaliforniaWed, Dec 12, 7:45 PM PST · 13080 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
17. 2.029 km SE of Covelo, CaliforniaWed, Dec 12, 2:08 PM PST · 13080 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
18. 3.42 km WSW of Scotia, CaliforniaMon, Dec 10, 9:52 PM PST · 13082 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
19. 1.612 km ESE of Leggett, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 10:33 PM PST · 13082 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
20. 2.28 km S of Scotia, CaliforniaSun, Dec 9, 6:59 PM PST · 13083 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1182164. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:01 PM UTC.