The June 29, 1925 earthquake
M6.8Santa Barbara, California
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, 8.2 miles off Santa Barbara County. The 13th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Monday, June 29, 1925
- 06:42 PST; 14:42 UTC
- In California’s record
- 13th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ci37161284 (“The 1925 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake”). 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
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 8.2 mi
- Ventura CountyCA · 19.2 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 43.9 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 45.5 mi
Cities, largest first
- OxnardCA · 34.5 mi
- VenturaCA · 31.2 mi
- Santa BarbaraCA · 8.7 mi
- CamarilloCA · 44.2 mi
- LompocCA · 45.7 mi
- GoletaCA · 9.9 mi
- Santa PaulaCA · 42.0 mi
- Port HuenemeCA · 35.3 mi
- CarpinteriaCA · 18.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
274 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
- July 27, 1902M5.8
- July 31, 1902M5.8
- January 11, 1915M5.7
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.