The January 11, 1915 earthquake
M5.7Near Los Alamos, California
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake, centred in Santa Barbara County. The 138th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.8 on July 31, 1902.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, January 11, 1915
- 20:31 PST; 04:31 UTC on Jan 12, 1915
- In California’s record
- 138th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis565 (“Near Los Alamos, 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 Barbara CountyCA · inside
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 21.9 mi
- Ventura CountyCA · 43.9 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 46.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- Santa MariaCA · 26.8 mi
- Santa BarbaraCA · 30.8 mi
- LompocCA · 16.0 mi
- GoletaCA · 22.5 mi
- Arroyo GrandeCA · 42.3 mi
- CarpinteriaCA · 42.5 mi
- Grover BeachCA · 43.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
231 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 27, 1902M5.8
- July 31, 1902M5.8
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.