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Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast ( 1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...
2. 2022 Ferndale earthquake [ 35] April 5, 2024. New Jersey. 4.8 M w. 0. 2024 New Jersey earthquake [ 36] Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration from the United States Geological Survey, released July 17, 2014.
1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes. 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake. 1994 Northridge earthquake. 1999 Hector Mine earthquake. 2000 Yountville earthquake. 2003 San Simeon earthquake. 2007 Alum Rock earthquake. 2008 Chino Hills earthquake. 2010 Baja California earthquake.
The 1978 Santa Barbara earthquake (also known as the Goleta earthquake ), occurred on August 13, 1978, 3:54 p.m. ( PDT) with its epicenter beneath the Santa Barbara Channel. [4] [5] The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at ML 5.1 according to the Southern California Seismic Network; however, it may have been as high as 5.6 Mw. [1]
Josh Marcus. June 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM. In recent days, Southern California has experienced one earthquake after another. A 3.6 in Ojai on May 31. Two of a similar magnitude under the East Los ...
A magnitude 7.5 quake on the Puente Hills fault — which runs under highly populated areas of L.A. and Orange counties — could kill 3,000 to 18,000 people, according to the USGS and Southern ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique [1] and detections using space satellites from outer space [2] — they rely mainly on the analysis of written sources, observations of shaking ...
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.. The nearly 11-mile deep quake hit about 4 miles east northeast of Ojai in Ventura County, about ...