The December 11, 1930 earthquake
M5.0near Shelter Cove, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, 14.3 miles off Humboldt County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.8 on April 28, 1923.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, December 11, 1930
- 00:58 PST; 08:58 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis857 (“36 km W of Shelter Cove, 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
- Humboldt CountyCA · 14.3 mi
- Mendocino CountyCA · 25.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- FortunaCA · 39.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,248 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
- January 22, 1923M7.1
- October 28, 1909M6.0
- March 18, 1910M6.0
- April 28, 1923M5.8
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.