The February 16, 1919 earthquake
M5.0near Mettler, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Kern County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on October 22, 1916.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, February 16, 1919
- 07:57 PST; 15:57 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis647 (“7 km SSW of Mettler, 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
- Kern CountyCA · inside
- Ventura CountyCA · 13.1 mi
- Los Angeles CountyCA · 13.9 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 26.0 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 27.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- BakersfieldCA · 24.5 mi
- Santa ClaritaCA · 49.3 mi
- MoorparkCA · 49.8 mi
- Santa PaulaCA · 44.7 mi
- WascoCA · 46.0 mi
- ShafterCA · 35.0 mi
- ArvinCA · 16.5 mi
- FillmoreCA · 41.8 mi
- McFarlandCA · 47.9 mi
- TehachapiCA · 32.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
613 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
- October 22, 1916M6.0
- December 23, 1905M5.8
- October 22, 1916M5.5
- January 6, 1905M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.