The December 6, 1906 earthquake
M5.7Southwest of Cambria, California
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake, 6.5 miles off San Luis Obispo County. The 138th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, December 6, 1906
- 22:40 PST; 06:40 UTC on Dec 7, 1906
- In California’s record
- 138th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event cdmg19061207064000000 (“Southwest of Cambria, 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
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 6.5 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 22.0 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 47.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- San Luis ObispoCA · 34.0 mi
- Paso RoblesCA · 32.1 mi
- AtascaderoCA · 28.8 mi
- Arroyo GrandeCA · 43.3 mi
- King CityCA · 49.6 mi
- Grover BeachCA · 41.9 mi
- Morro BayCA · 20.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
608 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.