The November 18, 1927 earthquake
M5.0near Nipomo, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in San Luis Obispo County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.9 on November 4, 1927.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Friday, November 18, 1927
- 19:32 PST; 03:32 UTC on Nov 19, 1927
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis776 (“5 km SSW of Nipomo, 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 Luis Obispo CountyCA · inside
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 0.5 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 41.7 mi
Cities, largest first
- Santa MariaCA · 5.6 mi
- San Luis ObispoCA · 20.7 mi
- LompocCA · 23.4 mi
- Paso RoblesCA · 44.2 mi
- AtascaderoCA · 35.2 mi
- Arroyo GrandeCA · 9.8 mi
- Grover BeachCA · 10.8 mi
- Morro BayCA · 32.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
283 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
- November 4, 1927M6.9
- 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.