The July 31, 1902 earthquake
M5.8Near Los Alamos, California
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, centred in Santa Barbara County. The 108th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.8 on July 27, 1902.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, July 31, 1902
- 01:20 PST; 09:20 UTC
- In California’s record
- 108th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis406 (“Near Los Alamos, 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
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · inside
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 14.2 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 47.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- Santa MariaCA · 18.0 mi
- Santa BarbaraCA · 39.1 mi
- San Luis ObispoCA · 44.3 mi
- LompocCA · 10.0 mi
- GoletaCA · 31.0 mi
- Arroyo GrandeCA · 33.4 mi
- Grover BeachCA · 34.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
205 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.