1928

Mar 10

1903 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 18, n. 1, p. 69.

A slight earthquake was felt at Ventura at 7:03 pm on March 10th. It lasted but a few seconds, and no damage was done.

The Morning Press, Vol. LXV, no. 191 (Sunday, March 11, 1928).

SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE FELT IN VENTURA. Ventura, March 10 - A light earthquake shock was felt here about 7:03 oÕclock tonight. It lasted but a few seconds. No damage was reported.

1928

Mar 15

Santa Maria Daily Times, Weekly Vol. XLV, no. 55 (Thursday, Mar. 15, 1928).

Earthquake Visits Here Last Night. Residents of Santa Maria and its vicinity were reminded briefly of the ÔshakedownÕ given the valley by Mother Earth several months ago, when an earthquake of 15 seconds duration shook this district at 4:03 oÕclock this morning.

No damage was done by the short temblor, although many were awakened by the weaving motion which ran east and west. Windows rattled and a few pieces of brica-brac in some houses fell to the floor.

Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo did not feel the quake, according to reports from these two cities.

1928

Sep 5

BSSA, Vol. 18, n. 3, p. 240.

Los Angeles, California - Associated Press dispatchers state that an earthquake, so slight that it was hardly noticeable, was felt throughout southern California from San Luis Obispo to San Diego at about 6:40 am, Sept. 5. Mr. Charles R. Fletcher, a member of the Society, reports that there were three shocks, the third shock being the strongest of them all. The shocks were of fifteen secondsÕ duration and were barely strong enough to swing electric lights suspended from ceilings. No damage was reported.

1928

Nov 1

2100 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 18, n. 4, p. 286.

Lompoc, California - A slight earthquake shock which caused no damage was felt in the Lompoc area at 9:00 pm, Nov. 1st. A large explosion which occurred in the Lompoc High School was believed to have been caused by the tremblor, but this was later disproved.

1929

Jul 3

BSSA, Vol. 19, n. 3, p. 179.

Two earth shocks at 1:40 am on July 3rd were reported from Santa Barbara. The shocks were almost simultaneous; both were light and no damage resulted.

1929

Jul 16

BSSA, Vol. 19, n. 3, p. 180.

A slight earthquake was felt at Santa Barbara at 1:36 pm on July 16th.

1929

Sep 8

BSSA, Vol. 19, n. 3, p. 183.

An earthquake lasting a few seconds was felt in Santa Barbara on September 8th at 9:27 pm. The temblor, which was felt over an area six miles in radius, rattled windows, but no damage was reported.

1929

Oct 7

BSSA, Vol. 19, no. 4, p. 236.

Mr. Harry O. Wood reports an earthquake at Orcutt on October 7th at 3:28 am.

1929

Dec. 3

The Morning Press (Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1929)

Windows Rattle, Phones are Rung, Police and Morning Press get Calls in Early Morning Hours. A number of telephone calls were received by the Morning Press and the Police, between 12:30 and 1 oÕclock this morning, from residents in various parts of Santa Barbara and Montecito asking the cause of vibrations and rattling windows. Many persons reported as many as 10 distinct vibrations that shook the windows, all at intervals of several seconds. In no case was the building said to have been shaken.

Police said they heard the noise in the city hall, but did not feel the building shake. Members of the editorial department of the Morning Press neither heard any vibrations of windows in their office nor felt any movement of building.

A telephone message by the Morning Press to Los Angeles brought the information that all battleships were in the harbor in San Pedro. It was not possible to secure telephone connection with Juncal Dam to ascertain if there had been blasting at the Montecito damsite.

Reports of the quivers came from West Pedregosa Street and other Westside locations and from Montecito, mainly.

Persons telephoning to the police thought burglars were trying to get into their homes; in most instances.

1929

Dec 26

Carpinteria Herald, Vol. X, no. 10 (Friday, Dec. 26, 1929)

NO EARTHQUAKE. Carpinterians were under the impression a few evenings ago that they were enjoying another earthquake. The houses shook, the windows rattled and there was the well-known roar which accompanies an earthquake - just like a swell fed with all the fixinÕs [sic]. But it developed later that the fuss was the result of night practice of the Navy.

1930

Jan 15

BSSA, Vol. 20, n. 1, p. 33.

Southern California - "An earthquake ranging in intensity from II-VI, Rossi-Forel scale, was felt throughout southern California on Jan. 15. ... Santa Barbara and the Imperial Valley did not feel the shocks."

1930

Aug. 5

0325 hrs

USDC

Santa Barbara, 34 1/2N, 119 1/2W, int. VII (MM). Windows broke, walls cracked in Ventura.

BSSA, Vol. 20, n. 3, p. 240.

Two earthquakes were felt in Ventura on Aug. 5th. The first occurred at 3:27 am and the second, a minute or two later. Windows were broken and several cracks appeared in buildings. Santa Barbara reported a slight shock, with no damage.

BSSA, Vol. 20, n. 4, p. 275.

Towns feeling the shock of Aug. 5th, which occurred about 3:30 am, and the respective intensities, Rossi-Forel scale, and times of occurrence are given as follows, according to the reports sent out by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ventura, two shocks, 3:25, VI-VII; 3:30, IV-V; "several seconds". Santa Barbara, two shocks, 3:25, V-VI; 3:27, IV. Saugus, I. Sespe, 3:30, IV plus, lasted five seconds. Ojai, 3:30, V-VI. Oxnard, 3:40, V, lasted four seconds. Carpinteria, 3:30, IV. Gaviota, 3:25, IV. Santa Maria, 3:25, III, "two sudden jars up and down". Saticoy, 3:27, II-III. Chatsworth, 3:20, II. Santa Susanna, 3:30, II. Santa Paula, 3:30, IV. Los Alamos, 3:25, III-IV. Santa Ynez, 3:30, IV, lasted several seconds. Wheeler Springs, I. Goleta, V-VI. Los Olivos, IV. Guadalupe, II plus. Orcett, II. Nipoma, II. Stauffer, two shocks, III. Buellton, IV.

Santa Paula Chronicle, Vol. VII, no. 257 (Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1930).

No Damage Here In Early Morning Quake. No damage was reported in Santa Paula today as the effects of the sharp earthquake which was felt here about 3:25 oÕclock this morning. Outside of awakening the majority of residents from their sleep and the rattling of windows, the experience is said to have not harmed anything or anyone.

The Ojai, Vol. XXXIX, no. 32 (Friday, Aug. 8, 1930)

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES OJAI VALLEY SLIGHTLY. A slight earthquake which was felt also in Santa Paula and Ventura, awakened a few Ojai residents Tuesday morning about half past three oÕclock. Windows rattled in the valley, but nothing was reported as broken the slumbers of some light sleepers. In Ventura a broken window or two and some cracked plaster resulted.

1930

Aug 18

BSSA, Vol. 20, n. 4, p. 277.

South central California - The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey reports an earthquake occurring between 5:00 and 5:08 on Aug. 18th at the following in California: Point Conception Lighthouse, intensity V plus; Gaviota, intensity IV; Halcyon, intensity III-IV; Lompoc, intensity II; Oceano, intensity II-III; Conception, intensity IV.

1930

Aug 30

BSSA, Vol. 20, n. 4, p. 278.

Southern California - An earthquake of approximately thirty secondsÕ duration was felt in the towns and cities surrounding the Santa Monica Bay on Aug. 30th at 4:30 pm... The shock was felt as far north as Ventura, but was not felt in Santa Barbara.

BSSA, Vol. 22, n. 2, n. 140.

"... Reports "not felt" were received also from two places beyond the limits of map - Gaviota, on the coast west of Santa Barbara, and Twenty-nine Palms, on the desert east and a little north of Riverside. Arrival times of the shock, Aug. 30, pm, PST:

Arrival time

Arival time

	phase	h.	m.	s.	phase	h.	m.	s.
Santa Barbara	iP	4	40	56.5	C	4	41	25.0
				57.8	Bn			25.6
	(s)		41	90.5?				28.3

 

1930

Dec 7

BSSA, Vol. 21, n. 1, p. 65.

Mr. Harry O. Good reports two earthquakes occurring at Santa Barbara on December 7th. The first shock was at 5:23 pm and the second at 5:29 pm. Both shocks were felt but no damage was caused by them. Mr. John B. Henck reports this shock as follows: "Sitting in a chair, I felt a peculiar swaying, as if I were lifted slightly from the chair, swung a very little from side to side once, and gently set down again. Probably the upward throw was in a diagonal direction and there was a reaction to the other side. Two friends, who happened to be napping, were awakened but felt little movement."

Captain Thomas J. Maher reports an earthquake at Goleta of intensity IV-V on December 7th at 5:23 pm. There were two shocks, "one severe", which lasted ten seconds.

1930

Dec 30

0403 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 21, n. 1, p. 21.

An earthquake was felt in Santa Barbara on December 30th at 4:03 am.

1931

Feb 12

1121 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 21, n. 3, p. 229.

Point Arguello, CA - An earthquake occurred west of Point Arguello at 11:21 am on February 12th. USCGSSFD

1931

Sep 3

0550 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 21, n. 4, p. 294.

An earthquake was reported felt near Santa Barbara at 5:50 am on September 3rd. USCGSSFP

1931

Oct 8

0239 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 21, n. 4, p. 302.

Northwest of Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County, an earthquake was centered that occurred at 2:39 pm on October 8th.

1932

Feb 4

BSSA, Vol. 22, n. 4, p. 289.

A small earthquake shock was felt in Santa Barbara at 8:02:58 am on February 4th. The epicenter of the shock was located at longitude 119û44Õ W, latitude 34û33Õ N.

1932

Mar 13

BSSA, Vol. 22, n. 4, p. 290.

An earthquake centering in the Pacific Ocean off Point Conception was felt slightly at Buellton at 3:09:24 pm on March 13. The epicenter of the shock has been located at long. 120û11Õ W, lat. 34û26Õ N.

1932

Mar 24

BSSA, Vol. 22, n. 4, p. 290.

A very slight earthquake was felt in and near Simi at 10:57:32 pm on March 24th. The epicenter has been located at long. 118û47Õ W, lat. 34û16Õ N.

1932

Dec 20

1014

Cedar Mountain, Nevada, Earthquake (M 7.3)

The Ventura County Star (Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1932).

ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE. Tremor is Felt in Ventura at 10:14 Last Evening. A sharp but not destructive earthquake shock was felt in Ventura at 1014 last evening.

Santa Paula Chronicle, Vol. X, no. 66.

10:12 pm - As far as could be learned here, the earthquake that shook many cities and towns on the coast last night, was not felt here. -- felt Rawlins, Wyoming to Long Beach to Salt Lake City; San Francisco, Sacramento, (UPI, SF).

1933

Jan 30

BSSA, Vol. 23, n. 3, p. 130.

An earthquake consisting of two shocks which rattled windows was felt at Lompoc at about 9:00 am on January 30th.

1933

Mar 10

Long Beach, California, Earthquake (M 6.3)

Historical Writings, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol. 5, p. 113.

SEVERE QUAKE OF 20 SECONDS. Hit all sections of southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara. While pronounced in Santa Barbara and Ventura, no damage was done at either place.

Carpinteria Herald, Vol. XIII, no. 23 (Friday, March 10, 1933)

One More Shake. Carpinteria was given a reminder of June 29, 1925 last Tuesday morning about 8 oÕclock but it was only a reminder as little or no damage was done. The tremor came in two sections the first a muffled roar and a small shake, to give the fleet of foot an opportunity to seek the open spaces, following a fraction of a second by a loud roar and a heavy shake, both tremors lasting perhaps less than a second, but was long enough in duration to bring forth a protest from everyone who went through the big shake.

Santa Paula Chronicle (Saturday, March 11, 1933)

QUAKE SHOCKS, At And About Santa Paula.

J. D. Hawkins: "When the quake hit I was sitting on a stool eating supper in a local cafe. The lights suddenly dimmed and someone shut off the radio thinking it was causing the trouble. Then my stool started swaying and got dizzy. A man shouted ÔItÕs a quake.Õ"

William Stein, pioneer oil man, said it was the first quake he had ever felt in the mountains. "I was sitting in my cabin at the oil lease and it shook me considerably."

Sam Primmer was just getting off Dr. Russ ColpantzÕ "work bench" when the temblor struck. "Believe me I was pretty sick for a while. Doc and I rushed to the front door but we peeked out before going out. I came back to the store but I walked on the side of the street where the buildings were lowest. I was afraid of fires breaking out after the shake."

Wenley Krouser, Oxnard: "I was digging postholes on my ranch and I nearly lost my balance and fell down one. The family came running out of the house. We felt shocks several times during the night."

L. P. Casner said he did not realize the shock had been a quake until he heard it announced from a Chicago radio station. "Large trucks going by my place so often shake the house as bad as it was shaken last night. I was playing a LA station and suddenly, without turning the dial, a Fresno station came in clear. I couldnÕt figure out why but now I know that the quake made the metre jump nearly 15 points. I tuned into the Chicago station and later heard about the shock."

Harmon Stittson, motion picture operator at the Glen City Theatre at Third and Broadway in LA when bricks started falling from nearby buildings. "I was going out to the fights but I decided I had better come home." he said today.

N. L. Claberg, former Santa Paulan and now resident of the Hueneme section, said the quake was longer than the Santa Barbara temblor but it was not quite so severe. "It shook things up quite a bit." he said here today. "When it hit, folks house started running for the outside. I yelled at them to stay inside because there are fire chimneys on the house which were in danger of toppling."

Claude Yarbrough, city clerk, had just stopped his car in Bakersfield when the shock was felt. "It was only a slight quake and did no damage there." he said. He was on a business trip.

Not a window was reported broken in Santa Paula.

The clock in the postoffice stopped at 5:48 1/2 pm.

Jay Crusey of Watkins Hardware, said he timed the shock as lasting forty- three seconds. "I was telephoning the Scout office and was looking at my watch to ... continued on page four (not on hand Ed.).

Santa Paula Chronicle (Saturday, Mar. 11, 1933)

SANTA PAULA UNDAMAGED BY QUAKE. Santa Paula came unscathed through the series of earthquakes that yesterday and last night brought death and destruction into southern California.

A checkup at all available sources of public information by the Chronicle today revealed no report of damage.

The intensity of the shock here was no great as the quake in 1925 which hit Santa Barbara, but it lasted longer, according to those who experienced both temblors.

Explaining the dimming of the electric current in Santa Paula at the time of the first temblor, L. S. Lothridge, district manager of the Southern California Edison company said:

"The wavering of the current was not due to local conditions. It probably signaled the stopping of the generator for a second at the big Long Beach steam plant when the quake first struck. Another possibility is that wrecking of lines caused a heavy short circuit someplace."

The circuit dimmed for a few seconds and then went completely off for a second, according to observers during the earthquake.

No trouble was reported at the Southern Counties Gas company office here either last night or this morning, according to an office attendant.

The gas plant at South Mountain was also unaffected by the heaving of the earth.

No calls for aid were received by local police after the quake. Street Superintendent John Buck received no reports of damage to streets or trees.

Vern Freeman, of the water company, said this morning that no official reports of damage to water mains in and around the city had been received. One unverified report this morning said that some ranchers were having some trouble getting irrigation water west of town.

Display articles of crockery in some business house windows here were upset. The damage, however, was said to be negligible.

Neither the city nor the county fire department received any calls for fires.

Daily Oxnard Courier, Vol. XXVI, no. 212 (Saturday,, Mar. 11, 1933)

(In story of Long Beach earthquake) Telephone service was interrupted in the quake.

Oxnard had its first premonition that something unusual was up when the electric lights began to flicker. It was 6 or 7 minutes before six.

The flicker was quickly followed by a rumble and then the earth began to quake. The shocks came in succession and grew in violence, frightening people from buildings onto streets.

Buildings swayed as well as shook. Telephone poles swung and telephone wires vibrated. The motion was mostly east and west. People in automobiles in motion felt the motion. Some were swayed so much it appeared as if the car would turn over.

Standing cars started to move. One Oxnard lady sitting in her car when the earth began to tremble thought a huge dog was underneath and pushing it up.

This was the worst as far as visible fear went. But this soon changed to apprehension.

"Must be bad somewhere", was the general thoughts. This was verified by radio.

Search for damage was done in and around Oxnard revealed very little.

Considerable chunks of plaster were loosened from the ceiling in the Palace pool hall, and the plaster smeared the pool tables. The Beauty parlor in the Palace Barber shop and other parts of the same building also lost some of the ceiling plaster.

The Oxnard Masonic Temple also had a plaster shower from the ceiling.

Dr. Korts reports that a vase was shaken off a book case in his office in the Odd Fellows building and broken. The building itself was not damaged except for a few cracks in the ceiling.

So far as could be learned, no chimneys had fallen in the city, nor any other damage of consequence.

In Camarillo, E.W. Daily reports that dishes rattled and some were broken. The quake was the worst he had ever experienced in his 40 odd years of residence here. On Mrs. Mary SnyderÕs ranch house near Somis a chimney was reported to have fallen.

1933

Jun 6

1017 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 24, n. 2, p. 125.

An earthquake of a rapid motion beginning abruptly was felt in Santa Barbara at 10:17 am on June 6th.

1933

Jun 30

The Lompoc Record, 59th year, no. 15 (Jun. 30, 1933)

TERRA FIRMA NOT SO FIRM AS EARTH CRACKS ON SUNDAY. Lompoc Shaken Slightly; 100 Reported Killed in East Indies in Quake Series. Shrugging the skin like a dog irritated by the attentions of an inquisitive flea, old Mother Earth Sunday caused excitement among seismologists and the public in this county and inflicted death and damage in other parts of the world, with reported fatalities of more than 100.

Lompoc was shaken briefly but sharply twice in as many minutes Sunday night at 10:30, wall pictures and chandeliers swaying and dishes rattling. No damage was reported.

Santa Barbara experienced similar earth tremors at the same time.

1933

Oct 2

Santa Paula Chronicle (Monday, Oct. 2, 1933)

QUAKE DOES NO HARM HERE: CAUSES WOMANÕS DEATH IN LA. Santa Paulans, along with other residents of southern California, were jolted at 1:10 am today by a sharp earthquake which seemed to center in the Los Angeles area, causing the death of one person.

No damage was reported here or in Ventura County, although many said the tremor was violent while it lasted. Others said they felt a series of quakes.

Scores and Santa Paulans reported to the Chronicle they had felt the quake but had suffered no damage.

San Diego and other southern sections did not feel the temblor. It was felt only slightly in Santa Barbara on the north.

No damage in Ventura.

In Ventura the sharp temblor awakened a large number of sleeping Venturans but caused no damage as far as could be learned. Several persons not awakened by the first shock reported they were aroused by one of the smaller shocks that followed at 3:15 am.

1933

Dec 12

0558 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 24, n. 2, p. 136.

An earthquake of jerky motion, lasting two seconds, was felt in Lompoc at 5:58 am on December 12th.

1934

Jan 9

0610 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 24, n. 1, p.77.

An earthquake which broke some dishes and cracked plaster was felt throughout a wide area in southern California at 6:10 am on January 9th.

1934

Jan 12

0450

BSSA, Vol. 25, n. 1, p.97.

At 4:50 am on January 12th, an earthquake of intensity IV-V which rattled windows, doors, and dishes was felt in Los Alamos.

1934

Jun 7

BSSA, Vol. 24, n. 3, p. 332.

South central California was shaken by a series of earthquakes between 8:30 and 8:50 pm on June 7th. The shock was reported from Visalia, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Buellton, Ventura, Taft, Reedley, and Coalinga. There were no casualties, and property damage was apparently limited to cracked and fallen plaster.

Santa Barbara - intensity V

Lompoc - intensity IV

Los Alamos - intensity IV

Santa Maria - intensity IV

Ventura - intensity III

Santa Paula Chronicle, Vol. XI, no. 208 (Friday, Jun. 8, 1934)

Minor Earthquake Jars City, Southland. Rocking chandeliers, making buildings creak, and sending many residents rushing out into the street, but otherwise doing no damage, a slight earthquake visited this section last night at 8:50 oÕclock.

The tremor was felt from King City to Los Angeles, and apparently centered in Santa Maria.

From Ventura came reports that the quake sent patrons of the theatres rushing from the buildings into the street. There was no such demonstration here, although several at the theatre stated afterward they had felt a slight tremor.

The quake here lasted about five seconds, it was estimated by several residents.

At the Briggs School, where annual commencement excersizes were being conducted, the tremor was felt quite plainly, according to those present. The lights swayed and the windows creaked.

Santa Paula Masons, in session at their temple, reported the quake was felt inside the lodge room.

Santa Maria Daily Times, Vol. 17, no. 45 (Friday, Jun. 8, 1934).

Light Quakes Frighten But Not Harmful. Two distinct earthquake shocks last night alarmed Santa Maria, caused walls to creak and chandeliers to sway, disarrayed pictures on many walls and drove theatre patrons from their seats shortly before 9 oÕclock.

The first temblor occurred at 8:33 oÕclock and the second 15 minutes later, of much greater force, caused many Santa Marians to telephone about the city in a general census as to its severity.

At least 50 patrons of Santa Maria Theatre last night fled for the door when the 8:49 tremor struck. "There was a mild panic" others who attended the show said.

Santa Maria Valley Boy Scouts and their parents and friends felt the shock distinctly in Santa Maria High School auditorium... but no one left his seat. A gentle rocking motion was experienced there, reports said.

Santa Maria and the area immediately to the north was the center of this tremor, described as moderate by seismologists at Caltech.

Felt: Atascadero, King City, Salinas, Santa Barbara, very minor in Los Angeles.

1934

Dec 17

0310 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 25, n. 1, p. 110.

An earthquake was felt in Santa Maria at 3:10 am on December 17th. No damage was reported.

Santa Maria Daily Times, Vol. 17, no. 207 (Monday, Dec. 17, 1934).

Tremor Felt Here Causes No Damage. An earthquake felt from San Luis Obispo towns south of Santa Maria was experienced this morning at 3:10. Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, Guadalupe, and Orcutt, as well as Santa Maria, reported the shock. No damage was done.

The belief that Santa Maria shocks always came as a "kickback" from a slip in or around Santa Barbara was not substantiated in this shock. The quiver was quite sharp and awoke many sleeping Santa Marians as well as citizens in other localities affected. Santa Barbara did not feel the tremor.

Geologists have pointed out the existence of the San Andreas fault between here and Santa Barbara that might slip and make its effect felt here and also a definite fault at Arroyo Grande and a probable active fault near the coast of Casmalia. Any of these might have caused the earthquake here this morning, but it was believed due to a slip in the Arroyo Grande fault.

1934

Dec 24

0222 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 25, n. 2, p. 185.

An earthquake of intensity III was felt at 2:22 a.m. on December 24th at Los Alamos, according to a report from the Seismological Laboratory at Pasadena.

1935

Mar 6

BSSA, Vol. 25, no. 2, p. 188.

A slight local earthquake was felt in Santa Barbara at 3:15 p.m. on March 6th. There was no damage.

The Morning Press, Vol. LXXII, No. 128 (Thursday, March 7, 1935)

Slight Quake Reported Here. Citizens Insist Tremor is Felt Here Though No Damage Results. A slight earthquake, not severe enough to be noticed by many persons but attested to by 25 or 30 persons in calls to the Morning Press, was reported here yesterday afternoon about 3:15 oÕclock.

Plaster dust was sifted down in several homes, windows rattled and doors slammed suddenly, various informants asserted.

No damage was reported.

Five persons who telephoned from Goleta indicated the shake was heavier, though it did no damage, just north of here than in Santa Barbara.

Associated Press dispatches brought no report from University seismograph authorities in California of any serious earthquake disturbance anywhere in this section.

At least one of the local observers, Mrs. Harriet Kausman, 816 East Micheltorena St., got a "kick" out of the quake.

Mrs. Kausman called up the Morning Press with pleased excitement in her voice. "IÕm from the East and this was my first experience. Do you think it was an earthquake?" Mrs. Kausman said dust from the plaster in her home fell on the table. Other persons said the "floor shook" and persons in the city hall reported "a sudden rattling of many doors."

The Morning Press (Friday, Mar. 8, 1935)

WARSHIPS BLAMED FOR QUAKE REPORTS. Revelation yesterday battleships of the Pacific fleet commenced target practice off the Santa Barbara Channel Monday was taken to indicate Santa BarbaraÕs earthquake "scare" of Wednesday was unjustified. Numerous residents of Santa Barbara and Goleta telephoned the Morning Press Thursday reporting they had "felt" the earthquake. No seismograph in the state, however, recorded the suspected tremblor. The battle force was scheduled to fire a long-range practice off the channel from March 4 to 9, according to the advises [sic] received yesterday.

1935

Jun 3

Santa Paula Chronicle, Vol. XII, no. 192 (Monday, Jun. 3, 1935).

EARTHQUAKE JARS COUNTY. A minor earthquake shock was felt in Santa Paula by hundreds of residents at 9:30 last night.

No damage was reported by telephones jangled as alarmed householders sought to ascertain the results of the temblor.

Since the shock was felt in Santa Paula, Ventura and Fillmore, but was not reported in Santa Barbara or Pasadena to UPI offices, it is believed the quake was centered in this region.

1935

Jun 20

The Morning Press, Vol. LXXII, no. 233 (Thursday, Jun. 20, 1935).

Quake Misses Santa Barbara; Tremblor in Southland Felt in San Bernardino, Riverside, Elsinore. Believed to have centered at Elsinore, 70 miles east of Los Angeles, an earthquake of sufficient intensity to awaken persons in several communities visited the Southland at 3:17 oÕclock yesterday morning although it was not felt in Santa Barbara County, according to police and sheriffÕs office reports.

Seismologists said the center of disturbance was at Elsinore where it is known that an earth fault exists.

Windows and dishes rattled in the communities nearer the epicenter, Elsinore, San Jacinto, Hemet, Riverside, San Bernardino and Cajon Pass hamlets. The tremblor was one of four shocks recorded after midnight in California on instruments of the Carnegie Institute of Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena.

The first shock occurred at 1:56 am and was some 300 miles distant, centering probably in Owens Valley of Inyo County. The other shocks were recorded at 2:08 am and 3:22 am.

1935

Jul 13

0255 hrs

BSSA, Vol. 25, n. 4, p. 387.

July 13, 1935 - At 2:55 am a sharp earthquake rattled windows and jarred furniture in Glendale. Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Hollywood, and San Bernardino also felt the shock.