The March 2, 1901 earthquake
M6.4Parkfield, California
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake, centred in Monterey County. The 33rd strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- surface-wave magnitude (ms)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Saturday, March 2, 1901
- 23:45 PST; 07:45 UTC on Mar 3, 1901
- In California’s record
- 33rd
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis393 (“1901 Parkfield, California Earthquake”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Monterey CountyCA · inside
- Fresno CountyCA · 1.3 mi
- Kings CountyCA · 12.2 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 18.3 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 22.5 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 22.5 mi
Cities, largest first
- Paso RoblesCA · 27.0 mi
- AtascaderoCA · 37.1 mi
- LemooreCA · 44.2 mi
- GreenfieldCA · 47.1 mi
- CoalingaCA · 12.9 mi
- King CityCA · 38.3 mi
- AvenalCA · 21.6 mi
- Morro BayCA · 48.4 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,029 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.