The August 17, 1922 earthquake
M5.0near Shandon, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in San Luis Obispo County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.0 on March 16, 1922.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, August 17, 1922
- 21:12 PST; 05:12 UTC on Aug 18, 1922
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis681 (“11 km NNE of Shandon, 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
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · inside
- Monterey CountyCA · 7.0 mi
- Kings CountyCA · 7.0 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 8.1 mi
- Fresno CountyCA · 10.9 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 37.7 mi
- Tulare CountyCA · 44.5 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 46.1 mi
Cities, largest first
- San Luis ObispoCA · 38.5 mi
- Paso RoblesCA · 19.8 mi
- AtascaderoCA · 27.2 mi
- LemooreCA · 48.0 mi
- CorcoranCA · 48.8 mi
- Arroyo GrandeCA · 45.6 mi
- CoalingaCA · 26.5 mi
- AvenalCA · 22.8 mi
- Grover BeachCA · 46.4 mi
- Morro BayCA · 40.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,703 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
- March 10, 1922M6.5
- March 2, 1901M6.4
- March 16, 1922M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.