Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te kainoho o Ferndale a Joseph Jordan Bognuda (2 o Oketopa 1889 Vacaville, California - 7 o Hanuere 1979) i hiahia ki nga ru i muri i tana noho i te 1906 San Francisco
i nui ai te kino i Ferndale me te raorao katoa o te awa o Eel. I tiimata a Bognuda i tetahi reta me Perry Byerly me te haere ki nga korero i te Whare Wananga o California i Berkeley i hua ai te Whare Wananga me te US Coast and Geodetic Survey ki te whakatu i te Ferndale Seismographic Station me te Seismograph Bosch-Omori ngawari atu i te mea e whakamahia ana i Berkeley i te wa ano.