April 21, 1892 Earthquake: Winters, California, United States
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Winters, California, United States on April 21, 1892 at 17:43 UTC.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- April 21, 1892
- Time
- 17:43 UTC
- Place
- Winters, California, United States
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (ML)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.500° N, 121.900° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California, United States
- October 18, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, United States
- October 21, 1868, Hayward,san Francisco, California, United States
- August 24, 2014, Napa, Vallejo, California, United States
- October 2, 1969, Santa Rosa, California, United States
- September 3, 2000, Napa, California, United States
- March 7, 1865, E Central, Sonoma County, California, United States
- April 19, 1892, Vacaville,winters, California, United States
- March 31, 1898, Sonoma County, California, United States
- June 10, 1836, California, United States
- January 24, 1980, Livermore, California, United States
- July 20, 2007, Montclair, California, United States
- May 15, 1851, Northern, California, United States
- October 22, 1854, Northern, California, United States
- October 22, 1855, San Francisco, California, United States
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2418.