The October 22, 1916 earthquake
M5.5Southwest of Tejon Pass, California
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Ventura County. The 186th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.0 on October 22, 1916.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, October 22, 1916
- 18:54 PST; 02:54 UTC on Oct 23, 1916
- In California’s record
- 186th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis602 (“Southwest of Tejon Pass, 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
- Ventura CountyCA · inside
- Kern CountyCA · 6.3 mi
- Los Angeles CountyCA · 10.1 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 28.8 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 30.2 mi
Cities, largest first
- BakersfieldCA · 45.2 mi
- Santa ClaritaCA · 34.5 mi
- OxnardCA · 36.6 mi
- LancasterCA · 46.9 mi
- Simi ValleyCA · 33.2 mi
- Thousand OaksCA · 35.7 mi
- VenturaCA · 33.2 mi
- Santa BarbaraCA · 45.5 mi
- CamarilloCA · 33.1 mi
- MoorparkCA · 29.5 mi
- Santa PaulaCA · 24.1 mi
- San FernandoCA · 42.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,067 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
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.