April 14, 1898 Earthquake: N Coast,mendocino County, California, United States
An earthquake struck N Coast,mendocino County, California, United States on April 14, 1898.
Map
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 14, 1898
- Place
- N Coast,mendocino County, California, United States
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.000° N, 124.000° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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
- December 20, 2022, Humboldt County, California, United States
- October 2, 1969, Santa Rosa, California, United States
- August 24, 2014, Napa, Vallejo, California, United States
- June 6, 1932, Eureka, California, United States
- August 17, 1991, Honeydew, Whitethorn, Petrolia, California, United States
- March 7, 1865, E Central, Sonoma County, California, United States
- April 19, 1892, Vacaville,winters, California, United States
- September 3, 2000, Napa, California, United States
- April 25, 1992, Ferndale, Petrolia, Humboldt County, California, United States
- March 2, 1871, Humboldt County, California, United States
- March 31, 1898, Sonoma County, California, United States
- December 5, 2024, Offshore Cape Mendocino, California, United States
- January 22, 1923, Northern, California, United States
- April 21, 1892, Winters, 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 2533.