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The fault was first identified after a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near Inglewood, California on June 21, 1920. [3] Due to the lack of earthquake-resistant construction in southern California at this time, this quake caused considerable damage in the Inglewood area and was a preview of what was to come almost 13 years later.
The most notable of these earthquakes is the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.4 M w (preferred; other estimates range as high as 7.9 [114]). The Owens Valley quake is believed to be the greatest earthquake on record and not just for California, but also for the western continental United States. [115]
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
It is capable of producing magnitude-9.0 earthquakes and tsunami waves about 100 feet tall. In 2022, two people died after a ma gnitude - 6.4 earthquake struck offshore near Ferndale , not far ...
A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in Northern California on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast.
The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the California coast. It led to 5 million people being put under tsunami warnings in the immediate ...
California Coast, Los Angeles to San Diego Bay. The Elsinore Fault Zone is labeled in the center running along the Santa Ana Mountains. NASA photo, 2008. The Elsinore Fault Zone is a large right-lateral strike-slip geological fault structure in Southern California.
A full fault rupture, estimated to be around a 7.5 magnitude, could kill between 3,000 and 18,000 people, according to US Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center.