The March 10, 1910 earthquake
M5.8Near Watsonville, California
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, centred in Santa Cruz County. The 108th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.2 on August 2, 1903.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- surface-wave magnitude (ms)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, March 10, 1910
- 22:52 PST; 06:52 UTC on Mar 11, 1910
- In California’s record
- 108th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event cdmg19100311065200000 (“Near Watsonville, 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 Cruz CountyCA · inside
- Santa Clara CountyCA · 1.6 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 2.1 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 4.7 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 21.6 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 25.2 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 31.0 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 37.0 mi
- San Joaquin CountyCA · 38.8 mi
- Fresno CountyCA · 45.6 mi
Cities, largest first
- San JoseCA · 24.7 mi
- FremontCA · 39.9 mi
- SalinasCA · 18.3 mi
- SunnyvaleCA · 35.1 mi
- Santa ClaraCA · 32.2 mi
- Mountain ViewCA · 37.4 mi
- Redwood CityCA · 48.2 mi
- MilpitasCA · 35.0 mi
- Palo AltoCA · 39.3 mi
- Union CityCA · 48.4 mi
- Santa CruzCA · 18.6 mi
- GilroyCA · 7.4 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,698 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- August 2, 1903M6.2
- June 11, 1903M6.1
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.