The June 5, 1960 earthquake
M6.0near the coast of Northern California
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake 9.3 miles deep, 25.5 miles off Humboldt County. The 66th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.4 on December 21, 1954.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 9.3 mi
- 15.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, June 5, 1960
- 18:17 PDT; 01:17 UTC on Jun 6, 1960
- In California’s record
- 66th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem879414 (“near the coast of Northern 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 · 25.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,464 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
- February 9, 1941M6.8
- July 14, 1918M6.5
- October 3, 1941M6.5
- June 6, 1932M6.5
- April 23, 1906M6.4
- December 21, 1954M6.4
- October 7, 1951M6.0
- September 22, 1952M6.0
- October 28, 1909M6.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.