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“Drop, Cover, Hold on. Protect yourself,” the U.S. Geological Survey warned moment before the eathquake struck.
Northern California was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late Thursday morning.. After the tremor struck at 10:45 a.m., just over 60 miles to the west-southwest of Humboldt County’s Ferndale ...
A major earthquake struck near California's coast on Thursday, and aftershocks are still ongoing. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck at about 10:44 a.m. Pacific Time.
According to the USGS, "ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes. These maps are used by federal, state, and local organizations, both public and private, for post-earthquake response and recovery, public and scientific information, as well as for preparedness exercises and ...
Probabilistic seismic hazard map. The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also ...
California residents felt the impact of a major earthquake that occurred off the West Coast on Thursday.. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred off the coast ...
Southern California was struck by a “very strong” 5.2-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday evening, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).. The epicenter of the quake was about 15 miles ...
Simplified fault map of southern California The faults of Southern California viewed to the southeast, as modeled by the Southern California Earthquake Center. Highlighted in purple are the San Andreas Fault (left) and Santa Monica Bay complex (right). The foreground is in the Santa Barbara Channel, the east-trending zone marks the Transverse Range