Community Corner
Earthquake Recap: Five Shakes Outline South-County
Did you feel any of the five earthquakes this week?
Five small earthquakes made waves on the Richter scale near Santa Cruz County this week, with the largest measured at 2.1, between Watsonville and Gilroy.
Generally, earthquakes that fail to break the 2-mark on the scale are difficult to feel far from the epicenter. As of Sunday afternoon, no one reported feeling any of the earthquakes in Santa Cruz County this week on the U.S. Geological Survey website.
See the chart below for times, locations, etc. of the seismic events.
Find out what's happening in Capitola-Soquelwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Date Time Epicenter Fault Richter Scale Thursday, June 7 11:41 a.m. 2 miles E of Aromas San Andreas 1.4 Thursday, June 7 2:12 p.m. 9 miles ESE of Watsonville San Andreas 1.8 Thursday, June 7 8:35 p.m. 6 miles NNE of Aromas Sargent 2.1 Friday, June 8 3:23 a.m. 1 miles ESE of Aromas San Andreas 1.3 Friday, June 8 4:46 p.m. 2 miles W of San Juan Bautista San Andreas 1.8
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here
