The December 13, 1933 earthquake
M5.0near Los Gatos, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Santa Clara County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.0 on February 15, 1927.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Wednesday, December 13, 1933
- 07:34 PST; 15:34 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1015 (“3 km SW of Los Gatos, 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 Clara CountyCA · inside
- Santa Cruz CountyCA · 1.8 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 8.5 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 18.0 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 24.9 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 28.5 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 30.3 mi
- San Joaquin CountyCA · 34.0 mi
- Contra Costa CountyCA · 35.9 mi
- San Francisco CountyCA · 41.0 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 42.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,991 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, 1906M7.9
- July 1, 1911M6.5
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- August 2, 1903M6.2
- June 11, 1903M6.1
- March 10, 1910M5.8
- December 31, 1910M5.7
- October 24, 1926M5.5
- November 8, 1914M5.5
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.