The November 8, 1914 earthquake
M5.5Santa Cruz Mountains, California
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Santa Clara County. The 186th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.5 on July 1, 1911.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, November 8, 1914
- 18:31 PST; 02:31 UTC on Nov 9, 1914
- In California’s record
- 186th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis563 (“Santa Cruz Mountains, 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 · 1.5 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 9.0 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 20.1 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 23.1 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 27.1 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 30.7 mi
- San Joaquin CountyCA · 35.4 mi
- Contra Costa CountyCA · 38.0 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 41.9 mi
- San Francisco CountyCA · 42.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,069 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
- July 1, 1911M6.5
- August 2, 1903M6.2
- June 11, 1903M6.1
- March 10, 1910M5.8
- December 31, 1910M5.7
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.