The July 25, 1926 earthquake
M5.8near San Lucas, California
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, centred in San Benito County. The 105th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.5 on March 10, 1922.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, July 25, 1926
- 09:57 PST; 17:57 UTC
- In California’s record
- 105th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgemsup909954 (“29 km NE of San Lucas, 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 Benito CountyCA · inside
- Monterey CountyCA · 0.9 mi
- Fresno CountyCA · 4.9 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 31.5 mi
- Kings CountyCA · 37.2 mi
- Madera CountyCA · 40.2 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 47.5 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 47.7 mi
Cities, largest first
- Paso RoblesCA · 46.9 mi
- SoledadCA · 31.9 mi
- GreenfieldCA · 26.4 mi
- KermanCA · 49.0 mi
- CoalingaCA · 26.7 mi
- King CityCA · 21.0 mi
- AvenalCA · 40.9 mi
- MendotaCA · 38.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,949 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
- May 25, 1905M6.1
- August 6, 1916M5.8
- March 16, 1922M5.0
- August 17, 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.