The December 19, 1919 earthquake
M5.2near Walker, California
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centred in Mono County. The 328th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Friday, December 19, 1919
- 05:58 PST; 13:58 UTC
- In California’s record
- 328th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis655 (“23 km S of Walker, 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
- Mono CountyCA · inside
- Tuolumne CountyCA · 7.1 mi
- Alpine CountyCA · 7.4 mi
- Lyon CountyNV · 18.7 mi
- Douglas CountyNV · 18.7 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 20.2 mi
- Mariposa CountyCA · 27.4 mi
- Calaveras CountyCA · 29.6 mi
- Amador CountyCA · 34.2 mi
- Madera CountyCA · 37.5 mi
- El Dorado CountyCA · 41.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
919 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.