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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 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [1] [2] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [3] It occurred on Thursday, September 8, 2011, beginning at about 3:38pm PDT, and was the ...
The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 ( Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of ...
A home damaged by an earthquake Dec. 20, 2022, in Rio Dell, Calif. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) California's earthquake early-warning system is getting a seismic upgrade, one that ...
The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) was founded as a Science & Technology Center on February 1, 1991, with joint funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS). SCEC graduated from the STC Program in 2002 and has been funded as a stand-alone center under cooperative agreements with both ...
A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival is being held this weekend. The epicenter was about 20 miles (32 kilometers ...
The May 31 Ojai Valley earthquake was in the same general area as the magnitude 5.1 quake on Aug. 20 — notable because it struck the same day Southern California was bracing for the arrival of ...
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 ).