The December 18, 1967 earthquake
M5.3near Corralitos, California
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, centred in Santa Cruz County. The 294th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.4 on September 14, 1963.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Monday, December 18, 1967
- 09:24 PST; 17:24 UTC
- In California’s record
- 294th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem828529 (“2 km W of Corralitos, 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 Cruz CountyCA · inside
- Santa Clara CountyCA · 5.5 mi
- Monterey CountyCA · 8.1 mi
- San Benito CountyCA · 12.7 mi
- San Mateo CountyCA · 23.2 mi
- Stanislaus CountyCA · 26.5 mi
- Alameda CountyCA · 32.4 mi
- Merced CountyCA · 32.7 mi
- San Joaquin CountyCA · 39.5 mi
Cities, largest first
- San JoseCA · 21.1 mi
- FremontCA · 35.2 mi
- SalinasCA · 23.7 mi
- HaywardCA · 46.3 mi
- SunnyvaleCA · 29.2 mi
- Santa ClaraCA · 26.8 mi
- San MateoCA · 47.1 mi
- Mountain ViewCA · 31.2 mi
- LivermoreCA · 48.3 mi
- Redwood CityCA · 41.7 mi
- MilpitasCA · 30.7 mi
- PleasantonCA · 46.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,514 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 1, 1911M6.5
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- October 22, 1926M6.3
- August 2, 1903M6.2
- June 11, 1903M6.1
- April 8, 1961M5.9
- September 4, 1955M5.8
- March 10, 1910M5.8
- August 6, 1916M5.8
- December 31, 1910M5.7
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.