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Damage to brick walls and plasters in Reno, Virginia City, and parts of California. February 18, 1914 Reno 6.0 M fa Large cracks to structures in Reno. Some fires broke out. Foreshock of the April earthquake. 1914 Reno earthquakes: April 24, 1914 Reno 6.4 M fa Several people fainted. Major damage. 1914 Reno earthquakes
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 ...
Three million people in northern California and southern Oregon received warnings on their smartphones. Sensors at Fortuna detected the earthquake at 02:34 and issued warnings as far as the California–Oregon border, south of San Jose, past Shasta County and to Medford, Oregon.
A middle-of-the-night 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the Reno area in Nevada, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 4-mile deep quake hit 4 miles from Spanish Springs, northeast of Reno, at 1 ...
San Andreas Fault. / 35.117°N 119.650°W / 35.117; -119.650. The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. [1] It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
A 6.4 earthquake near Ferndale has resulted in at least two deaths from medical emergencies, 11 injuries and extensive damage. At least 2 dead, 11 injured in 6.4 earthquake in Northern California ...
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 3:24 p.m. Sunday, less than a mile from Temescal Valley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
2020 Monte Cristo Range earthquake. / 38.169; -117.850. On May 15, 2020 at 4:03:27 local time, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck ~35 miles (56 km) west of Tonopah, Nevada in the Monte Cristo Range near the California -Nevada border. [3] It was Nevada's largest earthquake in 66 years.