The March 3, 1909 earthquake
M5.0Nevada County, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Nevada County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Wednesday, March 3, 1909
- 04:00 PST; 12:00 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis483 (“Nevada County, 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
- Nevada CountyCA · inside
- Sierra CountyCA · 4.4 mi
- Yuba CountyCA · 6.5 mi
- Placer CountyCA · 13.0 mi
- Butte CountyCA · 16.0 mi
- Plumas CountyCA · 16.6 mi
- El Dorado CountyCA · 27.9 mi
- Sutter CountyCA · 39.2 mi
- Lassen CountyCA · 45.4 mi
- Sacramento CountyCA · 48.6 mi
Cities, largest first
- RosevilleCA · 49.0 mi
- RocklinCA · 45.1 mi
- Yuba CityCA · 43.8 mi
- LincolnCA · 42.0 mi
- OrovilleCA · 35.8 mi
- TruckeeCA · 37.9 mi
- Grass ValleyCA · 14.9 mi
- AuburnCA · 36.1 mi
- MarysvilleCA · 40.4 mi
- PlacervilleCA · 46.5 mi
- ParadiseCA · 44.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
502 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.