The June 4, 1925 earthquake

M6.0near Crescent City, California

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake, 43.1 miles off Del Norte County. The 66th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.5 on July 14, 1918.

The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.0; surface-wave magnitude (ms)
Depth: —; Not recorded
Local time: Thursday, June 4, 1925; 04:02 PST; 12:02 UTC
Epicentre: 41.50°N, 125.00°W; 43.1 mi from Del Norte County
In California’s record: 66th; strongest of 97,065 since 1900
Within 50 miles: 2; counties; more on this date

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis718 (“72 km WSW of Crescent City, 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

Del Norte CountyCA · 43.1 mi
Humboldt CountyCA · 48.4 mi

Earthquakes around the epicentre

144 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.