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Notable California Earthquakes
Location Richter Mercalli
Date Long/Lat Magnitude Rating Deaths Comments
1769 Orange County ? X 0 Portola expedition.
28 Jul 117.8 33.9 Camped near Olive
1790 Owens Valley ? X 0 Major shock with the
? 118.1 36.6 appearance of scarps
1800 San Juan Bautista ? VII ? Up to six shocks a
11-31 Oct 121.6 36.9 day felt for 20 days
1800 San Diego 6.5 VII ? Damage at San Diego &
22 Nov 117.3 33.0 San Juan Capistrano
1803 San Diego ? VI-VII ? Damaged church in San
25 May 117.1 32.8 Diego
1806 Santa Barbara ? VI ? Damaged church in S. B.
25 Mar 119.7 34.4
1808 San Francisco ? VIII ? 18 shocks were felt from
21 Jun 122.5 37.8 21 Jun-17 Jul. Damage to
Presidio of S.F.
1812 San Juan 6.9 VIII 40 Mission collapsed in S.J.
8 Dec Capistrano C. Damage in S. Gabriel &
117.9 33.7 S. Fernando
1812 Near Lompoc 7.1 VIII ? Damage in S.Barbara,La
21 Dec 119.9 34.2 Purisima,S.Inez & Ventura
1827 Ventura 5.5+ VI ? Damage to Mission in San
24 Sep 119.0 34.0 Buenaventura
1830 San Luis Obispo ? VI-VII ? Damage to the Mission &
120.6 35.5 other buildings in area
1836 San Francisco 6.8 VIII ? Ground rupture along
10 Jun Bay area Hayward fault from
122.2 37.8 S.Jose to S.Pablo
1838 San Francisco 7.0 IX ? Surface faulting from
Jun Santa Clara S.Clara to S.Franciso
122.4 37.6 S.Andres fault zone
1841 Monterery ? VI ? Felt on board ships &
3 Jul 122.0 36.6 inland. Minor damage
1843 ? ? ? ? Large shock felt in
23 Jun ? Sou.Ca & Mexico
1851 San Francisco ? VI ? Also felt in Benicia &
15 May 122.4 37.8 Vallejo. Minor damage.
1852 * Lockwood Valley 7 ? ? Fissures 30 miles
Oct-Nov Ventura County long in Lockwood Val-
ley area
1852 Fort Yuma 6.5 IX ? Fissures were opened up
29 Nov 115.0 32.5 from which sand & water
was issued.
1853 San Luis Obispo ? VI ? Minor damage.Shock also
1 Feb 121.1 35.6 on 17 Jan.
1853 Eureka ? VI+ ? Minor damage
23 Oct 124.2 40.8
1855 Gibsonville, 5.5 VI+ - Minor damage
25 Jan Nashville
120.3 39.5
1855 San Gabriel ? VIII ? Mission bells were
11 Jul 118.1 34.1 thrown down.
1855 Sonoma County 5.0 VI - Minor damage
27 Aug 122.5 38.1
1856 Monterey,SF 5.3 VI-VII - Minor damage
2 JAN 122.5 37.5
1856 San Francisco 5.5 VII - Felt as far as Mary-
15 Feb 122.3 37.5 sville
1856 Santa Ysabel ? VI - Also felt in San
21 Sep 117.0 33.0 Diego
1857 Fort Tejon 8 X- XI 1 Great shock on S.An-
9 Jan 119.8 35.3 dres fault. Felt over
400,000 sq. miles.
Buildings & trees
thrown down.
1857 San Juan 6.0 V-VI ? Felt in S.F. Minor
3 Sep 120.0 39.3 damage.
1858 San Jose 6.1 VII ? Felt in Downieville,
26 Nov 121.9 37.5 Mariposa, & Monterey
1858 San Bernardino ? IX ? Moderate damage. Felt
16 Dec 117.5 34.0 in L.A.
1859 San Francisco ? VI ? Minor damage
5 Oct 122.4 37.8
1860 Los Angeles ? V ? Minor damage
27 Jan 118.2 34.1
1860 Carson City, NV 6.3 VII ? Felt in S.F. and
15 Mar 119.5 39.5 Utah
1860 Eureka ? VII - Minor damage
13 Nov 124.2 40.8
1861 Dublin 5.6 VIII ? A fissure 8 miles
4 Jul 122.0 37.8 long. Moderate dam.
1862 San Diego 5.9 VII ? Minor damage. 100
27 May offshore aftershocks during
117.2 32.7 following week.
1863 San Francico 4.8 V-VI - Felt in S.Jose, Napa
19 Dec 122.2 37.5 Stockton & S.Cruz
1864 Monterey 5.9 VI - Felt in Napa, and
26 Feb 121.7 37.1 San Luis Obispo
1864 San Francisco 5.7 VI-VII - Felt in Visalia
5 Mar 122.0 37.7
1864 San Francisco 5.3 VI - Felt in Monterey &
21 May 122.1 37.6 Sacramento
1864 San Francisco 4.7 V - Minor damage. Felt
22 Jul 122.0 37.6 in San Jose
1864 Grass Valley 4.5 VI+ - Minor damage. Felt
18 Aug 121.0 39.3 in Yuba City.
1865 Bennett Valley 4.7 VII - Felt in Santa Rosa,
8 Mar 122.6 38.4 Petaluma, and S.F.
1865 San Juan Bautista 5.5 VI - Felt in southern S.F.
24 May 121.8 37.1 counties
1865 Eureka 5.4 VII - Felt in Humboldt &
1 Oct 124.1 40.8 Trinity counties
1865 San Francisco 6.3 IX ? Damage to buildings
8 Oct San Jose in SF, S.Jose & Santa
121.9 37.3 Clara
1866 Mendocino County 4.0 IV - Minor damage
16 Dec 123.1 38.8
1866 Gilroy 5.4 VII - Moderate damage
26 Mar 121.6 37.1
1866 West Stanislaus 5.8 V - Felt at Visalia,
15 Jul County Stockton, Sacramento
121.3 37.5 Marysville, Nev.City
1867 La Porte 4.0 V - Felt at Downieville
2 Dec 120.9 39.6 & Forest City
1868 Virginia City 5.9 VII - Moderate damage in
30 May 119.7 39.3 Virginia City
1868 Downieville 4.0 IV - Minor damage. Felt
2 Jun 120.8 39.5 in Forest City
1868 Visalia ? ? - 2 shocks felt in
25 Jul