The May 19, 1902 earthquake

M5.4South of Elmira, California

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake, centred in Solano County. The 229th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.

The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4; local magnitude (ml)
Depth: —; Not recorded
Local time: Monday, May 19, 1902; 10:31 PST; 18:31 UTC
Epicentre: 38.30°N, 121.90°W; In Solano County
In California’s record: 229th; strongest of 97,065 since 1900
Within 50 miles: 19; counties; more on this date

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis402 (“South of Elmira, California”). 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

Solano CountyCA · inside
Napa CountyCA · 9.0 mi
Yolo CountyCA · 11.2 mi
Sacramento CountyCA · 15.1 mi
Contra Costa CountyCA · 16.3 mi
San Joaquin CountyCA · 21.2 mi
Sonoma CountyCA · 25.5 mi
Sutter CountyCA · 33.0 mi
Alameda CountyCA · 33.9 mi
Marin CountyCA · 34.7 mi
Placer CountyCA · 37.5 mi
Lake CountyCA · 41.4 mi
San Francisco CountyCA · 41.4 mi
Colusa CountyCA · 43.3 mi
Yuba CountyCA · 46.2 mi
Amador CountyCA · 47.3 mi
San Mateo CountyCA · 48.9 mi
El Dorado CountyCA · 49.4 mi
Calaveras CountyCA · 49.4 mi

Cities, largest first

SacramentoCA · 29.8 mi
OaklandCA · 40.7 mi
StocktonCA · 39.1 mi
Elk GroveCA · 29.0 mi
Santa RosaCA · 44.8 mi
RosevilleCA · 45.2 mi
HaywardCA · 47.8 mi
VallejoCA · 23.8 mi
ConcordCA · 23.3 mi
FairfieldCA · 7.6 mi
BerkeleyCA · 37.0 mi
AntiochCA · 22.9 mi

Earthquakes around the epicentre

558 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.