The June 30, 1926 earthquake
M5.0near Posey, 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 5.0 on February 16, 1919.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Wednesday, June 30, 1926
- 05:31 PST; 13:31 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis742 (“25 km SSW of Posey, 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
- Tulare CountyCA · 43.4 mi
- Kings CountyCA · 43.4 mi
- Inyo CountyCA · 46.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- BakersfieldCA · 21.7 mi
- PortervilleCA · 34.6 mi
- DelanoCA · 28.5 mi
- WascoCA · 31.9 mi
- ShafterCA · 24.1 mi
- ArvinCA · 28.1 mi
- McFarlandCA · 24.6 mi
- LindsayCA · 45.2 mi
- TehachapiCA · 37.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
579 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
- January 6, 1905M5.0
- May 28, 1915M5.0
- February 16, 1919M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.