The May 27, 1993 earthquake
M5.2near Lamont, California
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake 12.8 miles deep, centred in Kern County. The 354th strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.4 on June 10, 1988. 2 aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 or more followed within 30 days.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 12.8 mi
- 20.6 km below the surface
- Local time
- Thursday, May 27, 1993
- 21:47 PDT; 04:47 UTC on May 28, 1993
- In California’s record
- 354th
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ci3107503 (“21km SW of Lamont, California”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Aftershocks
Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more within 20 miles of the epicentre in the 30 days after.
2
Aftershocks in 30 days
2.9
Largest aftershock, May 28, 1993
1
On the first day
0
In the 7 days before
- The search radius is the surface rupture length expected for an earthquake of this magnitude (Wells and Coppersmith, 1994), at least 20 and at most 600 miles, so a great earthquake's sequence is counted along its whole fault.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Kern CountyCA · inside
- San Luis Obispo CountyCA · 21.4 mi
- Ventura CountyCA · 21.5 mi
- Santa Barbara CountyCA · 25.7 mi
- Los Angeles CountyCA · 25.8 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
442 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 21, 1952M7.5
- October 22, 1916M6.0
- December 23, 1905M5.8
- July 21, 1952M5.8
- July 29, 1952M5.7
- July 31, 1952M5.6
- July 25, 1952M5.6
- July 23, 1952M5.5
- July 25, 1952M5.5
- August 22, 1952M5.5
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.