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1906 San Francisco earthquake. / 37.75; -122.55. At 05:12 Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in Napa County (damage pictured), with an epicenter 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest of the city of American Canyon, the largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, sending at least 172 people to the hospital
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
A 2.6-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 6-mile deep quake hit 2 miles from Piedmont at 12:13 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 ...
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Andreas system of faults spans offshore and into the East Bay area, with the bulk of the faults lying to the east of the main SAF. There is a 70% probability that one of these faults will generate a 6.7 M w or greater earthquake before 2030, including the Hayward Fault Zone , which has gone beyond its ...
A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake struck at ...
The 1957 San Francisco earthquake (also known as the Daly City earthquake of 1957) occurred on March 22 at 11:44:22 local time with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII ( Very strong ). It was located just off the San Francisco Peninsula near the San Andreas Fault and was felt in a limited portion of Northern and ...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across California's Sacramento County and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.