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The 1812 Ventura earthquake (also known as the Santa Barbara earthquake) occurred on the morning of December 21 at 11:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST).The M w 7.1 earthquake, with a Modified Mercalli intensity scale rating of X (Extreme), along with its resulting tsunami, caused considerable damage to present-day Santa Barbara and Ventura County, California, which was at the time a territory of ...
A map showing the location of an earthquake in Ventura County, California, on 20 August, 2023 (US Geological Survey) “We are in the middle of the first tropical storm since 1939, and we just had ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Southern California north of Los Angeles on Sunday, rocking much of the region as residents hunkered down for the approach of Tropical Storm Hilary.
The San Cayetano Fault in Southern California, United States. The San Cayetano Fault is an east-west trending thrust fault in Ventura County, Southern California. It stretches for 45 kilometers (28 mi), north of the city of Ventura, near the Topatopa Mountains, Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula, Sulphur Springs, and Ojai .
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 ...
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area (the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States ) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] as well as the Inland Empire (another large ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Ojai on Sunday, rattling the larger Southern California region as residents were dealing with intense rains from Tropical Storm Hilary. The temblor was felt ...