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  2. List of earthquakes in California - Wikipedia

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    Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes. As Spanish missions were constructed beginning in the late 18th century, earthquake records were kept. After the missions were secularized in 1834, records were sparse until the California gold rush in the 1840s. From 1850 to 2004, there was about one potentially damaging event per ...

  3. Los Angeles earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles earthquake could refer to: 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1952 Kern County earthquake; 1971 San Fernando earthquake; 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake; 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake; 1992 Landers earthquake; 1994 Northridge earthquake; 2008 Chino Hills earthquake

  4. 1994 Northridge earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The epicenter region of the earthquake was located in the San Fernando Valley, about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the hypocenter 's geographical coordinates at 34°12′47″N 118°32′13″W  /  34.213°N 118.537°W  / 34.213; -118.537 and at a depth of 11.31 miles ...

  5. California’s 25 Biggest Earthquakes - AOL

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  6. L.A. earthquakes have been unusually frequent this year, as ...

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    The largest earthquake experienced in California this year was the magnitude 5.2 temblor that occurred Aug. 6. That was centered on rural farmland about 15 miles northwest of the unincorporated ...

  7. A California fault line remains relatively unknown. It caused ...

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    On Monday, southern California was rattled by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake that was felt all the way from Los Angeles to San Diego.Though no major damage occurred, the quake was caused by a fault ...

  8. 1971 San Fernando earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, as well as the County of Los Angeles, investigated and verified that local soil conditions contributed to the ground displacement and resulting destruction. The area of surface breaks on the ground at the site was 900 ft (270 m) (at its widest) and stretched 4,000 ft (1,200 m) down a 1% grade slope ...

  9. 1992 Landers earthquake - Wikipedia

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    These two earthquakes are considered a regional earthquake sequence, rather than a main shock and aftershock. [ 11 ] The magnitude 5.7 Little Skull Mountain (LSM) earthquake the following day, June 29, 1992, at 10:14 UTC near Yucca Mountain , Nevada, is also considered part of the regional sequence and may have been triggered by surface wave ...