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California earthquakes in 1960

135 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in California in 1960. The largest: M6.2 219 km W of Ferndale, California, Aug 9, 1960.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19591961

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Where every quake of 1960 was located in California. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1960

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 3.214km N of Cabazon, CA · 6 km deep
  2. 4.014km SSE of Salton City, CA · 6 km deep
  3. 3.79km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  4. 2.912km WNW of Johannesburg, CA · 6 km deep
  5. 4.772 km WSW of Crescent City, California
  6. 5.981 km WSW of Crescent City, California · 20 km deep
  7. 2.85km SW of Calabasas, CA · 6 km deep
  8. 3.012km W of Lake Hughes, CA · 6 km deep
  9. 3.11km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  10. 3.124km SE of Fort Irwin, CA · 6 km deep
  11. 2.92km WSW of Loma Linda, CA · 18 km deep
  12. 3.65km NW of Holtville, CA · 6 km deep
  13. 3.311km S of Isla Vista, CA · 4 km deep
  14. 3.517km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 6 km deep
  15. 3.534km SSE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 6 km deep
  16. 3.69km W of Camp Pendleton South, CA · 6 km deep
  17. 3.218km E of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
  18. 3.015km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
  19. 3.215km SSW of Fort Irwin, CA · 6 km deep
  20. 2.92km SW of La Verne, CA · 6 km deep
  21. 3.413km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 13 km deep
  22. 3.518km NW of Inyokern, CA · 6 km deep
  23. 3.028km NNW of San Clemente Is. (NW tip), CA · 6 km deep
  24. 3.016km ENE of Arvin, CA · 6 km deep
  25. 3.714km SW of Rosedale, CA · 6 km deep
  26. 3.33km NW of Huntington Beach, CA · 6 km deep
  27. 3.817km SE of Buttonwillow, CA · 6 km deep
  28. 2.816km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
  29. 3.28km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
  30. 2.920km N of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
  31. 3.031km WSW of Encinitas, CA · 6 km deep
  32. 3.422km N of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
  33. 3.119km N of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
  34. 2.65km WSW of Costa Mesa, CA · 6 km deep
  35. 2.66km W of Newport Beach, CA · 6 km deep
  36. 3.114km N of Grapevine, CA · 0 km deep
  37. 3.36km NE of Wasco, CA · 6 km deep
  38. 3.26km ENE of Wasco, CA · 6 km deep
  39. 3.215km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 0 km deep
  40. 2.66km SW of Devore, CA · 4 km deep
  41. 3.412km N of Grapevine, CA · 10 km deep
  42. 3.414km E of Maricopa, CA · 6 km deep
  43. 3.019km NW of Grapevine, CA · 0 km deep
  44. 3.139km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA · 6 km deep
  45. 3.124km NE of Lamont, CA · 0 km deep
  46. 2.64km WSW of Muscoy, CA · 4 km deep
  47. 3.011km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 6 km deep
  48. 4.036km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  49. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  50. 3.710km ENE of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
  51. 3.011km NNE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 0 km deep
  52. 3.912km NE of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
  53. 2.914km ENE of Arvin, CA · 6 km deep
  54. 3.51km ESE of Colton, CA · 15 km deep
  55. 3.87km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1 km deep
  56. 2.914km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  57. 3.87km SSE of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 1 km deep
  58. 3.015km SSW of Olancha, CA · 3 km deep
  59. 3.310km N of Grapevine, CA · 0 km deep
  60. 3.616km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  61. 6.2219 km W of Ferndale, California · 10 km deep
  62. 3.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  63. 3.216km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  64. 3.516km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  65. 3.012km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 9 km deep
  66. 4.313km ENE of Julian, CA · 6 km deep
  67. 3.49km NW of Camarillo, CA · 6 km deep
  68. 2.925km N of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  69. 2.91km ESE of San Dimas, CA · 4 km deep
  70. 2.86km NE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 6 km deep
  71. 3.23km SW of Santa Ana, CA · 6 km deep
  72. 4.427km N of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
  73. 2.57km NE of Lamont, CA · 6 km deep
  74. 2.72km SW of Fontana, CA · 9 km deep
  75. 4.14km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1 km deep
  76. 3.014km NE of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
  77. 2.66km WSW of Fontana, CA · 2 km deep
  78. 3.03km W of Malibu, CA · 6 km deep
  79. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  80. 3.09km SW of Beaumont, CA · 19 km deep
  81. 2.85km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 7 km deep
  82. 2.718km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  83. 2.915km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 6 km deep
  84. 2.735km E of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
  85. 2.65km WSW of Fontana, CA · 3 km deep
  86. 6.0near the coast of Northern California · 15 km deep
  87. 4.94 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16 km deep
  88. 3.315km ENE of Julian, CA · 6 km deep
  89. 2.812km S of Las Flores, CA · 6 km deep
  90. 3.116km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 6 km deep
  91. 3.612km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  92. 3.06km WSW of Mira Loma, CA · 4 km deep
  93. 3.415km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  94. 3.22km ESE of Julian, CA · 16 km deep
  95. 2.57km WNW of Norco, CA · 2 km deep
  96. 3.724km W of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
  97. 4.218km WSW of El Centro, CA · 6 km deep
  98. 2.538km E of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
  99. 3.29km SE of Brawley, CA · 6 km deep
  100. 3.618km E of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
  101. 3.842km NE of King City, CA · 6 km deep
  102. 3.024km N of Searles Valley, CA · 0 km deep
  103. 3.224km N of Kernville, CA · 6 km deep
  104. 3.12km NW of Norco, CA · 0 km deep
  105. 2.88km NE of Grapevine, CA · 5 km deep
  106. 3.428km WSW of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
  107. 2.913km SE of Anza, CA · 6 km deep
  108. 2.54km E of Calimesa, CA · 11 km deep
  109. 3.27km SW of Fillmore, CA · 6 km deep
  110. 2.817km SE of Arvin, CA · 6 km deep
  111. 3.511km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 2 km deep
  112. 2.76km SW of Huntington Beach, CA · 9 km deep
  113. 3.05km WSW of Huntington Beach, CA · 11 km deep
  114. 3.19km SSE of Isla Vista, CA · 8 km deep
  115. 2.66km WSW of Chino Hills, CA · 3 km deep
  116. 3.324km NE of Arvin, CA · 6 km deep
  117. 3.023km NE of Arvin, CA · 6 km deep
  118. 3.86km SE of Ontario, CA · 4 km deep
  119. 3.025km S of Bodfish, CA · 6 km deep
  120. 3.226km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  121. 3.714km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  122. 3.410km NNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 6 km deep
  123. 3.029km W of Ludlow, CA · 6 km deep
  124. 3.49km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  125. 3.426km NW of Baker, CA · 6 km deep
  126. 2.76km NW of La Mesa, CA · 6 km deep
  127. 2.613km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  128. 5.06 km WSW of Ridgemark, California
  129. 3.411km E of Grapevine, CA · 5 km deep
  130. 3.841km E of Big Pine, CA · 0 km deep
  131. 2.87km SW of Chino Hills, CA · 2 km deep
  132. 3.118km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  133. 2.715km SSW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  134. 3.02km W of Chino, CA · 6 km deep
  135. 4.024km W of Cambria, CA · 6 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1960 in California.

  1. 6.2219 km W of Ferndale, California · 10 km deep
  2. 6.0near the coast of Northern California · 15 km deep
  3. 5.981 km WSW of Crescent City, California · 20 km deep
  4. 5.06 km WSW of Ridgemark, California
  5. 4.94 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16 km deep
  6. 4.772 km WSW of Crescent City, California
  7. 4.427km N of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
  8. 4.313km ENE of Julian, CA · 6 km deep
  9. 4.218km WSW of El Centro, CA · 6 km deep
  10. 4.14km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1 km deep
  11. 4.024km W of Cambria, CA · 6 km deep
  12. 4.014km SSE of Salton City, CA · 6 km deep
  13. 4.036km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  14. 3.912km NE of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
  15. 3.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 6 km deep
  16. 3.87km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1 km deep
  17. 3.87km SSE of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 1 km deep
  18. 3.817km SE of Buttonwillow, CA · 6 km deep
  19. 3.842km NE of King City, CA · 6 km deep
  20. 3.86km SE of Ontario, CA · 4 km deep
  21. 3.841km E of Big Pine, CA · 0 km deep
  22. 3.714km SW of Rosedale, CA · 6 km deep
  23. 3.79km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
  24. 3.714km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
  25. 3.724km W of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1960145.06 km WSW of Ridgemark, California
February 196083.86km SE of Ontario, CA
March 1960123.511km ENE of Grapevine, CA
April 196074.218km WSW of El Centro, CA
May 196073.612km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA
June 1960146.0near the coast of Northern California
July 196064.427km N of Barstow, CA
August 1960136.2219 km W of Ferndale, California
September 196084.036km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
October 1960193.414km E of Maricopa, CA
November 1960133.817km SE of Buttonwillow, CA
December 1960145.981 km WSW of Crescent City, California

What this means

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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

California nowWorldwide in 1960

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.