The August 5, 1930 earthquake
M5.0near Toro Canyon, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Santa Barbara County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.2 on April 18, 1928.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, August 5, 1930
- 03:25 PST; 11:25 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis849 (“10 km NE of Toro Canyon, 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 Barbara CountyCA · inside
- Ventura CountyCA · 5.3 mi
- Kern CountyCA · 26.2 mi
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 27.5 mi
- Los Angeles CountyCA · 40.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- OxnardCA · 26.6 mi
- Simi ValleyCA · 45.8 mi
- Thousand OaksCA · 41.5 mi
- VenturaCA · 21.3 mi
- Santa BarbaraCA · 13.9 mi
- CamarilloCA · 32.9 mi
- MoorparkCA · 38.5 mi
- GoletaCA · 20.9 mi
- Santa PaulaCA · 26.7 mi
- Port HuenemeCA · 28.8 mi
- Agoura HillsCA · 48.5 mi
- FillmoreCA · 33.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
564 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
- June 29, 1925M6.8
- October 22, 1916M6.0
- July 31, 1902M5.8
- January 11, 1915M5.7
- October 22, 1916M5.5
- June 29, 1926M5.5
- February 18, 1926M5.5
- April 18, 1928M5.2
- February 16, 1919M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.