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The 2008 Chino Hills earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 am PDT (18:42:15 UTC) on July 29 in Southern California. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake was in Chino Hills, c. 28 miles (45 km) east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Movement on an oblique-slip fault resulted in a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ).
Seismogram of the earthquake. The earthquake measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). It came exactly a year after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck onshore in the Cape Mendocino area on December 20, 2021, [7] causing only minor damage. [8]
The 2007 Alum Rock earthquake occurred on October 30 at 8:04 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, in the U.S. state of California. It measured 5.6 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ). The event was then the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta ...
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A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning at 9:29 a.m. seven miles from Oakley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Magnitude 4.1 earthquake hits Northern California ...
The 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake (also known as the Halls Valley earthquake) [6] occurred on April 24 at 1:15 p.m. local time in the Santa Clara Valley of Northern California. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ). The epicenter was located near Mount Hamilton in the Diablo Range of the ...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but ...
The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake in Southern California since the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake which had a moment magnitude of 5.4. Its epicenter was 1 mi (1.6 km) east of La Habra and its hypocenter was 3.2 mi (5.1 km) deep. Initial reports placed the magnitude at 5.3, however it was later downgraded to magnitude 5.1.