California earthquakes in 1938

1. 2.54km ENE of Las Flores, CADec 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
2. 4.08km WSW of Devore, CADec 27, 1938 · 11 km deep
3. 3.16km E of Riverside, CADec 17, 1938 · 23 km deep
4. 3.957km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
5. 3.620km SSW of Ocotillo, CADec 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
6. 3.016km NE of Barstow, CADec 11, 1938 · 6 km deep
7. 4.010km NNW of Imperial, CADec 9, 1938 · 6 km deep
8. 3.84km N of Marina del Rey, CADec 6, 1938 · 3 km deep
9. 3.519km NE of Barstow, CADec 6, 1938 · 6 km deep
10. 2.78km NNW of Mojave, CADec 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
11. 3.949km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
12. 3.04km SW of Rancho Mirage, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
13. 3.24km NNE of San Jacinto, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
14. 4.141km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
15. 3.818km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
16. 4.727km NW of West Bishop, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
17. 4.032km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
18. 3.628km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
19. 5.532km E of Mammoth Lakes, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
20. 4.512 km NE of Milpitas, CaliforniaDec 1, 1938
21. 2.616km NE of Barstow, CANov 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
22. 3.95km SSW of Marina del Rey, CANov 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
23. 2.82km E of Westminster, CANov 26, 1938 · 6 km deep
24. 3.443km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CANov 24, 1938 · 6 km deep
25. 3.14km SSW of Seal Beach, CANov 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
26. 4.316km NW of Shandon, CANov 22, 1938 · 6 km deep
27. 4.55 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaNov 22, 1938
28. 3.119km N of San Miguel, CANov 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
29. 3.028km N of Joshua Tree, CANov 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
30. 2.93km NNW of Indian Wells, CANov 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
31. 2.72km SE of Century City, CANov 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
32. 2.910km SSE of Twentynine Palms, CANov 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
33. 3.225km NE of Nipomo, CANov 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
34. 2.924km ESE of Anza, CAOct 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
35. 3.121km SE of Anza, CAOct 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
36. 3.311km NW of Shandon, CAOct 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
37. 3.29km ENE of Ojai, CAOct 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
38. 3.55km SW of Calimesa, CAOct 22, 1938 · 11 km deep
39. 4.57 km ESE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaOct 17, 1938
40. 3.518km NNW of San Miguel, CAOct 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
41. 2.713km ENE of Warner Springs, CAOct 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
42. 2.612km SW of La Quinta, CAOct 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
43. 2.610km SSW of Lamont, CAOct 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
44. 2.836km SW of Ludlow, CAOct 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
45. 3.25km WNW of Ocotillo Wells, CAOct 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
46. 4.123km NE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CAOct 2, 1938 · 11 km deep
47. 2.75km NW of Yorba Linda, CAOct 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
48. 3.840km WNW of San Miguel Is., CASep 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
49. 2.55km ENE of Running Springs, CASep 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
50. 2.924km W of Coronado, CASep 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
51. 4.95km NE of Greenfield, CASep 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
52. 2.835km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASep 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
53. 3.19km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CASep 26, 1938 · 6 km deep
54. 2.68km ENE of Avalon, CASep 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
55. 2.78km E of Morongo Valley, CASep 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
56. 3.413km NE of Barstow, CASep 22, 1938 · 6 km deep
57. 3.611km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CASep 19, 1938 · 6 km deep
58. 3.04km S of Thermal, CASep 19, 1938 · 6 km deep
59. 2.80km NW of Mecca, CASep 18, 1938 · 6 km deep
60. 3.22km SE of Mecca, CASep 18, 1938 · 6 km deep
61. 2.611km ESE of Avalon, CASep 18, 1938 · 6 km deep
62. 3.01km NE of Rolling Hills Estates, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
63. 3.312km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
64. 3.014km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
65. 4.82km E of Ridgecrest, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
66. 2.74km W of Big Pine, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
67. 2.83km E of Lytle Creek, CASep 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
68. 5.844 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSep 11, 1938 · 15 km deep
69. 5.57 km ESE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaSep 11, 1938
70. 3.010km WSW of Anza, CASep 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
71. 3.14km W of Palos Verdes Estates, CAAug 30, 1938 · 6 km deep
72. 4.34km NNE of San Pedro, CAAug 30, 1938 · 6 km deep
73. 2.93km WNW of Rossmoor, CAAug 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
74. 3.018km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAAug 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
75. 4.515km NE of Ludlow, CAAug 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
76. 2.712km WSW of Ocotillo, CAAug 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
77. 3.311km WNW of Ocotillo, CAAug 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
78. 3.418km SSW of Port Hueneme, CAAug 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
79. 2.517km WNW of Morongo Valley, CAAug 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
80. 3.710km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CAAug 6, 1938 · 6 km deep
81. 3.77km ESE of Cabazon, CAAug 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
82. 2.724km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CAAug 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
83. 3.14km NW of North Hollywood, CAAug 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
84. 2.54km WSW of Newport Beach, CAAug 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
85. 3.44km SW of Huntington Beach, CAAug 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
86. 2.814km SW of Ventura, CAAug 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
87. 3.78km SSE of Palomar Observatory, CAAug 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
88. 2.58km WNW of Lake Henshaw, CAAug 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
89. 2.710km SW of Seal Beach, CAAug 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
90. 2.62km S of Loma Linda, CAJul 31, 1938 · 15 km deep
91. 2.721km NNE of Niland, CAJul 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
92. 3.526km NNW of Ludlow, CAJul 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
93. 2.712km NW of Ludlow, CAJul 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
94. 3.136km N of Fort Irwin, CAJul 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
95. 3.836km NW of Fort Irwin, CAJul 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
96. 2.812km WNW of Avalon, CAJul 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
97. 3.27km ESE of Yucaipa, CAJul 24, 1938 · 12 km deep
98. 2.94km N of Moreno Valley, CAJul 23, 1938 · 18 km deep
99. 3.743km SE of Desert Center, CAJul 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
100. 3.26km NNW of Fillmore, CAJul 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
101. 3.319km WNW of Amboy, CAJul 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
102. 2.74km N of Coachella, CAJul 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
103. 2.812km N of Coso Junction, CAJul 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
104. 3.311km E of Trabuco Canyon, CAJul 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
105. 4.214km W of Ocotillo Wells, CAJul 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
106. 3.49km S of Borrego Springs, CAJul 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
107. 2.610km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CAJul 7, 1938 · 6 km deep
108. 3.729km WSW of Tecopa, CAJul 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
109. 4.35km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CAJul 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
110. 3.919km S of Ocotillo Wells, CAJul 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
111. 2.711km ENE of North Tustin, CAJul 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
112. 2.75km WSW of Lytle Creek, CAJul 3, 1938 · 15 km deep
113. 2.68km NNE of Big Bear City, CAJul 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
114. 5.04 km NE of Fieldbrook, CaliforniaJul 1, 1938
115. 3.415km NNW of Niland, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
116. 3.426km S of Desert Center, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
117. 2.914km ENE of Bombay Beach, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
118. 4.214km ENE of Bombay Beach, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
119. 3.815km WSW of Oasis, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
120. 3.314km ENE of Bombay Beach, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
121. 2.711km S of Malibu Beach, CAJun 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
122. 3.66km ESE of Desert Hot Springs, CAJun 24, 1938 · 6 km deep
123. 2.614km E of Ridgecrest, CAJun 24, 1938 · 6 km deep
124. 3.28km SE of Running Springs, CAJun 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
125. 2.510km WNW of Lakeland Village, CAJun 22, 1938 · 6 km deep
126. 2.814km WSW of Simmler, CAJun 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
127. 3.15km SW of Santa Maria, CAJun 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
128. 3.06km ESE of Big Bear City, CAJun 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
129. 3.14km N of Topanga, CAJun 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
130. 2.64km N of Big Bear City, CAJun 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
131. 3.99km SSW of Anza, CAJun 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
132. 3.58km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CAJun 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
133. 2.77km NNE of Indian Wells, CAJun 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
134. 3.96km SE of Big Bear City, CAJun 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
135. 3.128km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CAJun 9, 1938 · 6 km deep
136. 2.827km S of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAJun 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
137. 2.910km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CAJun 2, 1938 · 6 km deep
138. 2.911km W of Lakeland Village, CAJun 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
139. 2.927km NNW of Montecito, CAMay 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
140. 2.810km WNW of Lakeland Village, CAMay 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
141. 2.912km WNW of Lakeland Village, CAMay 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
142. 2.512km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CAMay 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
143. 5.28km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CAMay 31, 1938 · 10 km deep
144. 2.539km WNW of Ludlow, CAMay 28, 1938 · 6 km deep
145. 3.25km WNW of Morongo Valley, CAMay 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
146. 3.617km ENE of King City, CAMay 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
147. 3.42km WNW of Big Bear City, CAMay 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
148. 2.511km ESE of Port Hueneme, CAMay 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
149. 3.77km W of Newport Beach, CAMay 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
150. 3.26km ESE of Running Springs, CAMay 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
151. 3.07km SW of Westlake Village, CAMay 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
152. 2.528km SW of Laguna Beach, CAMay 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
153. 3.520km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMay 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
154. 3.014km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMay 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
155. 3.127km SSW of Ocotillo, CAMay 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
156. 2.73km NE of Julian, CAMay 13, 1938 · 6 km deep
157. 4.514 km SSW of Greenfield, CaliforniaMay 10, 1938
158. 3.533km NE of King City, CAMay 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
159. 2.84km NE of San Bernardino, CAApr 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
160. 4.728km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CAApr 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
161. 3.02km SSE of Rossmoor, CAApr 26, 1938 · 6 km deep
162. 3.219km NE of Warner Springs, CAApr 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
163. 3.018km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CAApr 24, 1938 · 6 km deep
164. 3.54km ENE of Yorba Linda, CAApr 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
165. 2.98km ENE of Cholame, CAApr 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
166. 2.82km S of Redondo Beach, CAApr 19, 1938 · 6 km deep
167. 3.13km WSW of Avocado Heights, CAApr 19, 1938 · 15 km deep
168. 3.46km S of Cabazon, CAApr 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
169. 3.17km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
170. 3.117km E of Brawley, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
171. 3.217km E of Brawley, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
172. 3.319km E of Brawley, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
173. 3.015km ESE of Calipatria, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
174. 3.611km ESE of Calipatria, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
175. 3.112km E of Brawley, CAApr 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
176. 3.39km NE of Nipomo, CAApr 11, 1938 · 6 km deep
177. 2.64km ENE of Pala, CAApr 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
178. 2.88km ENE of Aguanga, CAApr 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
179. 3.02km NE of Rolling Hills Estates, CAApr 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
180. 3.31km SSE of Heber, CAApr 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
181. 2.59km SSW of Ludlow, CAMar 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
182. 4.110km SSW of Ludlow, CAMar 31, 1938 · 6 km deep
183. 3.11km SE of Cathedral City, CAMar 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
184. 3.66km SW of Malibu, CAMar 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
185. 2.919km ESE of Anza, CAMar 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
186. 3.612km NNE of Julian, CAMar 12, 1938 · 6 km deep
187. 2.66km NNE of Santa Clarita, CAMar 11, 1938 · 6 km deep
188. 2.822km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAMar 4, 1938 · 6 km deep
189. 2.810km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAMar 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
190. 3.25km WSW of Salton City, CAFeb 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
191. 3.011km E of Palomar Observatory, CAFeb 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
192. 3.322km NNW of San Miguel, CAFeb 21, 1938 · 6 km deep
193. 3.343km W of San Miguel Is., CAFeb 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
194. 3.411km E of Joshua Tree, CAFeb 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
195. 4.312km NW of Twentynine Palms, CAFeb 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
196. 3.12km SW of Florence-Graham, CAFeb 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
197. 4.52 km ESE of Pasatiempo, CaliforniaFeb 12, 1938
198. 2.68km ESE of Borrego Springs, CAFeb 11, 1938 · 6 km deep
199. 4.04km WNW of Twentynine Palms, CAFeb 7, 1938 · 6 km deep
200. 3.647km WNW of San Miguel Is., CAFeb 1, 1938 · 6 km deep
201. 2.616km N of Banning, CAJan 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
202. 3.02km ESE of Niland, CAJan 26, 1938 · 6 km deep
203. 3.341km W of San Miguel Is., CAJan 25, 1938 · 6 km deep
204. 3.424km SW of Vandenberg Air Force Base, CAJan 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
205. 2.72km NNW of Upland, CAJan 23, 1938 · 6 km deep
206. 2.912km SSW of Salton City, CAJan 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
207. 3.112km SSW of Salton City, CAJan 20, 1938 · 6 km deep
208. 3.431km W of San Miguel Is., CAJan 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
209. 2.833km E of Bishop, CAJan 16, 1938 · 6 km deep
210. 2.78km NNE of Indian Wells, CAJan 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
211. 2.816km W of Guadalupe, CAJan 15, 1938 · 6 km deep
212. 2.54km ESE of March Air Reserve Base, CAJan 15, 1938 · 15 km deep
213. 2.64km ENE of Mecca, CAJan 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
214. 2.56km SSW of Pearblossum, CAJan 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
215. 3.215km SE of Anza, CAJan 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
216. 3.08km W of Idyllwild, CAJan 9, 1938 · 6 km deep
217. 2.83km WSW of Rossmoor, CAJan 8, 1938 · 6 km deep
218. 2.63km SSE of Highland, CAJan 7, 1938 · 10 km deep
219. 2.817km NNW of Borrego Springs, CAJan 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
220. 4.414km N of Borrego Springs, CAJan 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
221. 4.512 km SE of Anza, CaliforniaJan 3, 1938 · 16 km deep
222. 2.927km S of Fort Irwin, CAJan 2, 1938 · 6 km deep
223. 3.446km W of San Miguel Is., CADec 31, 1937 · 6 km deep

1. 5.844 km SW of Ferndale, CaliforniaSep 11, 1938 · 15 km deep
2. 5.57 km ESE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaSep 11, 1938
3. 5.532km E of Mammoth Lakes, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
4. 5.28km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CAMay 31, 1938 · 10 km deep
5. 5.04 km NE of Fieldbrook, CaliforniaJul 1, 1938
6. 4.95km NE of Greenfield, CASep 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
7. 4.82km E of Ridgecrest, CASep 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
8. 4.728km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CAApr 27, 1938 · 6 km deep
9. 4.727km NW of West Bishop, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
10. 4.515km NE of Ludlow, CAAug 17, 1938 · 6 km deep
11. 4.512 km NE of Milpitas, CaliforniaDec 1, 1938
12. 4.55 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaNov 22, 1938
13. 4.57 km ESE of Shelter Cove, CaliforniaOct 17, 1938
14. 4.514 km SSW of Greenfield, CaliforniaMay 10, 1938
15. 4.52 km ESE of Pasatiempo, CaliforniaFeb 12, 1938
16. 4.512 km SE of Anza, CaliforniaJan 3, 1938 · 16 km deep
17. 4.414km N of Borrego Springs, CAJan 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
18. 4.34km NNE of San Pedro, CAAug 30, 1938 · 6 km deep
19. 4.316km NW of Shandon, CANov 22, 1938 · 6 km deep
20. 4.35km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CAJul 5, 1938 · 6 km deep
21. 4.312km NW of Twentynine Palms, CAFeb 14, 1938 · 6 km deep
22. 4.214km W of Ocotillo Wells, CAJul 10, 1938 · 6 km deep
23. 4.214km ENE of Bombay Beach, CAJun 29, 1938 · 6 km deep
24. 4.141km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CADec 3, 1938 · 6 km deep
25. 4.123km NE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CAOct 2, 1938 · 11 km deep

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

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