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The third notable earthquake of the past six months hit Northern California Sunday, May 21. Around 11:44 a.m., local time, an earthquake with a preliminary 5.5 rating occurred 108 kilometers (67 ...
Brianna Taylor. May 12, 2023 at 3:59 PM. Some residents felt the moderate earthquake Thursday that jolted parts of Northern California while others were completely oblivious to the buildings that ...
Thursday’s 5.5 magnitude quake, centered in the waters of Lake Almanor in northwestern Plumas County struck at 4:19 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The aftershock struck at 3:18 a ...
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 ...
The July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes consist of three main shocks of magnitudes 6.4, 5.4, and 7.1, each followed by a flurry of aftershocks of substantially lower magnitude. The aftershocks of the Ridgecrest earthquakes reveal two fault zones. The July 4 M 6.4 event (orange dot) occurred on the SW-NE fault where it intersects the NW-SE oriented ...
Casualties. 57 killed. > 8,700 injured. Magnitude of the earthquake and aftershocks. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment magnitude 6.7 ( Mw ), [8] blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Plumas County in the Sierra Nevada. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Login / Join. Mail ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 2, at a depth of 34.1 km. [155] A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Zohan, Iran on December 5, at a depth of 5.6 km, with 9 people dead or missing. [156] [157] A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu, Japan on December 7, at a depth of 36.1 km.