The Big Santa Barbara Earthquake Remembered

Ten months from today – June 29, 2025 – will be the 100th anniversary of the great Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925. One of the most widely published photos of the quake was the Hotel Californian, 35 State Street.

“Good buildings stood, poor ones revealed their weakness. The California Hotel [sic], a frame structure, with brick walls, was stripped of its walls because they were not properly fastened to the frame, and all the interior was revealed to view as if for some scene in the movies.” – Santa Cruz Evening News, July 2, 1925

More info about earthquake events next year in Santa Barbara will be available here: EQ25.org