A map provided by the ... southwest of Ferndale, California. It occurred within the vicinity of the Mendocino Fracture Zone, a common area for earthquakes. "Earthquakes are common in the region ...

Ferndale and the surrounding area would be rocked by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on March 9, 2014, that was also offshore. This is California ... Earthquake maps show that there are records ...

The temblor happened at 10:44 a.m. Pacific time about 40 miles southwest of Ferndale ... map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in the same general area.