- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1927 CE
- Location:
- California, Mexico
- Magnitude:
- 5.8
- Deaths:
- 1
- Damage:
- ~$3M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.99
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.08
Other earthquake records of 1927 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Mw 7.7 · 40,912 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Sw · Ms 7.3 · 3,022 deaths
- Israel / Jordan, Damiya · Ms 6.3 · 268 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Donggala · Mw 6.2 · 50 deaths
- Taiwan · M 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Ukraine, Crimea: Sebastopol · Ms 6.8 · 11 deaths
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Middlebury College News Letter :January 1, 1927open in archive ↗
- Dziennik Białostocki R.5January 1, 1927open in archive ↗
- Dziennik Białostocki R.4December 31, 1926open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesJanuary 3, 1927open in archive ↗
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1927 CE Earthquake — California, Mexico happen?
- January 1, 1927 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 1. Historical death tolls vary by source.
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