The February 15, 1927 earthquake
M5.0near Davenport, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, 5.7 miles off Santa Cruz County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on October 24, 1926.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, February 15, 1927
- 15:54 PST; 23:54 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis759 (“9 km SW of Davenport, 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
- Santa Cruz CountyCA · 5.7 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 11.0 mi
- Santa Clara CountyCA · 20.0 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 26.1 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 34.6 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 37.6 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 49.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- San JoseCA · 34.5 mi
- FremontCA · 41.7 mi
- SalinasCA · 39.4 mi
- HaywardCA · 47.6 mi
- SunnyvaleCA · 32.9 mi
- Santa ClaraCA · 33.0 mi
- San MateoCA · 42.2 mi
- Mountain ViewCA · 32.7 mi
- Redwood CityCA · 39.2 mi
- MilpitasCA · 39.3 mi
- Palo AltoCA · 31.6 mi
- Union CityCA · 47.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,504 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 1, 1911M6.5
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- August 2, 1903M6.2
- June 11, 1903M6.1
- March 10, 1910M5.8
- December 31, 1910M5.7
- November 8, 1914M5.5
- October 24, 1926M5.5
- October 5, 1920M5.2
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.