Earthquakes

Though earthquakes typically only result in minor cracks in Davis, the possibility exists that more extensive damage could occur. This gives Davisites something to talk about with relatives from the midwest.

Winters holds an Earthquake Street Festival on the the third Friday each August, which commemorates a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that shook the region at 3:15am on April 19, 1892. Every single brick and stone building in Winters was leveled either by this temblor or by another magnitude 6.4 quake which struck two days later on April 21. These were both followed on April 29 by a magnitude 5.6 aftershock. Damage was reported as far away as Chico and Napa. One man, Jeff Darby, was struck in the head by a falling brick as he tried to escape, badly injuring him. He died three days later.

• Read the headlines about "El Temblor" from the April 23, 1892 Winters Express.
  

• More information on the Earthquake Street Festival can be found on the Winters Events webpage.

The Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17^th 1989 was felt in Davis and resulted in water white capping in local holding ponds.

If you think you might have just experienced an earthquake, check this map to see if anything happened nearby.