1870 April 2 (1948 GMT) - Magnitude 5.8 Hayward Fault, Contra Costa County  (Epicenter coordinates:-122.3, 37.9)

M(area) = 5.8 -  Toppozada, T. R. and D. Branum (2002) California M >= 5.5 earthquakes, history and areas damaged, in Lee, W. H., Kanamori, H. and Jennings, P., International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior.

M(intensity) = 5.6 - Bakun, W. H. (1999). Seismic activity of the San Francisco Bay region, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 764-784