The October 2, 1928 earthquake
M5.0near Seeley, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Imperial County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.0 on January 1, 1927.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, October 2, 1928
- 11:01 PST; 19:01 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis793 (“11 km N of Seeley, 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
- Imperial CountyCA · inside
- San Diego CountyCA · 25.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
3,461 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
- April 18, 1906M6.3
- June 22, 1915M6.0
- January 1, 1927M6.0
- June 22, 1915M5.9
- September 29, 1916M5.7
- November 7, 1923M5.7
- May 27, 1917M5.5
- November 5, 1923M5.0
- April 30, 1918M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.