The June 3, 1935 earthquake
M5.0near Fieldbrook, California
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Humboldt County. The 451st strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.0 on November 17, 1934.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, June 3, 1935
- 09:08 PST; 17:08 UTC
- In California’s record
- 451st
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1098 (“4 km NE of Fieldbrook, 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 · inside
- Trinity CountyCA · 20.3 mi
- Del Norte CountyCA · 28.9 mi
- Siskiyou CountyCA · 31.7 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
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
- July 14, 1918M6.5
- June 6, 1932M6.5
- April 23, 1906M6.4
- October 28, 1909M6.0
- August 18, 1908M5.8
- August 20, 1927M5.6
- August 20, 1927M5.3
- February 9, 1923M5.0
- September 22, 1930M5.0
- December 11, 1930M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.