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The 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes were two destructive shocks centered near El Centro, California on June 22. The earthquakes measured M s 6.25 and occurred nearly one hour apart at 19:59 and 20:57 PST. Both shocks were assigned VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Heavy damage occurred in the areas of Mexicali and El ...
UTC time: 1940-05-19 04:36:47: ISC event: 901341: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: May 18, 1940 (): Local time: 21:35 PST: Magnitude: 6.9 M w [1]: Depth: 16 km (9.9 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip: Areas affected: United States, Mexico: Total damage: $6 million [2]: Max. intensity: MMI X (Extreme) [1]: Casualties: 9 dead [2] 20 injured [3]: The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial ...
El Centro Imperial Valley: 6.9 M w: X 9 20 $6M 1933-03-10: Long Beach South Coast: 6.4 M w: VIII 115–120 $40M 1932-06-06: Eureka North Coast: 6.4 M w: VIII 1 3 Severe 1927-11-04: Lompoc Central Coast: 7.3 M w: Moderate Tsunami [19] 1925-06-29: Santa Barbara Central Coast: 6.8 M w: IX 13 $8M 1923-01-22 Humboldt County North Coast: 7.2 M s ...
An agricultural community in Imperial County experienced a 4.8 earthquake and more than 180 smaller aftershocks. A midnight 4.8 earthquake followed by a cluster of aftershocks rocks the El Centro area
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday near El Centro, Calif.
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
A pair of quakes hit the eastern Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno early this week. The first was magnitude 3.4 , striking at 9:56 a.m. Sunday, a couple of blocks south of Huntington Drive and ...
The earthquake had a relatively shallow hypocenter and caused property damage in the United States estimated at US$30 million. The irrigation systems in the Imperial Valley were badly affected, but no deaths occurred. It was the largest earthquake to occur in the contiguous United States since the 1971 San Fernando earthquake eight years earlier.