The June 11, 1903 earthquake
M6.1Near San Jose, California
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake, centred in Santa Clara County. The 54th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, June 11, 1903
- 05:12 PST; 13:12 UTC
- In California’s record
- 54th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event cdmg19030611131200000 (“Near San Jose, 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 Clara CountyCA · inside
- Santa Cruz CountyCA · 10.8 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 18.9 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 19.4 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 19.5 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 20.1 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 22.0 mi
- San Joaquin CountyCA · 26.5 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 31.5 mi
- Contra Costa CountyCA · 36.9 mi
- San Francisco CountyCA · 47.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- San JoseCA · 6.7 mi
- OaklandCA · 45.8 mi
- FremontCA · 21.8 mi
- SalinasCA · 36.4 mi
- HaywardCA · 33.9 mi
- SunnyvaleCA · 17.9 mi
- Santa ClaraCA · 14.7 mi
- San MateoCA · 37.5 mi
- TracyCA · 41.1 mi
- San RamonCA · 39.7 mi
- Mountain ViewCA · 20.6 mi
- San LeandroCA · 40.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,381 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.