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The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the Ms scale and 6.6 on the Mw scale, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
Magnitude of the earthquake and aftershocks. The 1994 Northridge earthquake affected the Los Angeles area of California on January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 PST. The epicenter of the moment magnitude 6.7 ( Mw) blind thrust earthquake was beneath the San Fernando Valley. [ 3] Lasting approximately 8 seconds and achieving the largest peak ground ...
CHISL No. 939 [1] Added to NRHP. October 25, 1996 [2] Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, also known as Bottle Village, is an art environment, located in Simi Valley, California. It was created by Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey (1896–1988) from the 1950s to the 1970s. Prisbey built a "village" of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from ...
August 6, 2024 at 7:59 PM. A California man stabbed a coyote to death inside his home after he found it attacking his pet chihuahua. The wild canine followed the chihuahua into the man’s Simi ...
Here's why you might be a 'never-feeler'. It has been several years since a magnitude 5.2 or greater earthquake hit Southern California, and Tuesday's quake was the strongest to strike the region ...
Simi Valley is connected to the nearby San Fernando Valley by the Santa Susana Pass in the extreme east of Simi Valley. Simi Valley is located at 34°16'16" North, 118°44'22" West (34.271078, −118.739428) [48] with an elevation of 700–1,000 ft (210–300 m) above sea level.
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Parkfield earthquake is a name given to various large earthquakes that occurred in the vicinity of the town of Parkfield, California, United States The San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6 earthquakes occurred on the fault at unusually regular intervals, between 12 and 32 years apart (with an average of every ...