The August 4, 1927 earthquake
M5.3near Santa Monica, California
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake, 3.7 miles off Los Angeles County. The 269th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, August 4, 1927
- 04:24 PST; 12:24 UTC
- In California’s record
- 269th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis770 (“2 km SSW of Santa Monica, 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
- Los Angeles CountyCA · 3.7 mi
- Ventura CountyCA · 15.1 mi
- Orange CountyCA · 27.4 mi
- San Bernardino CountyCA · 40.0 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 46.7 mi
- Riverside CountyCA · 47.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- Los AngelesCA · 5.3 mi
- Long BeachCA · 24.3 mi
- AnaheimCA · 43.7 mi
- IrvineCA · 47.4 mi
- Santa AnaCA · 39.8 mi
- Santa ClaritaCA · 28.8 mi
- OxnardCA · 42.8 mi
- Huntington BeachCA · 35.3 mi
- GlendaleCA · 19.2 mi
- Garden GroveCA · 34.5 mi
- PalmdaleCA · 46.6 mi
- PomonaCA · 42.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,186 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.