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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 documented earthquakes.
This is a list of earthquakes in 2005. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they resulted in significant damage or casualties, or were notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. To prevent this list from becoming unmanageable, only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless ...
Parkfield earthquake is a name given to various large earthquakes that occurred in the vicinity of the town of Parkfield, California, United States. The San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6 earthquakes occurred on the fault at unusually regular intervals, between 12 and 32 years apart (with an average of ...
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: California earthquake: Videos show impact of magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment.
PHOTO: In this screen grab from a video, cars line Highway 1 in Pacificia, California, as people evacuate the area after an earthquake hit on Dec. 5, 2024. ... 7.0 magnitude earthquake reported ...
Christine Goulet, the director of the USGS Earthquake Science Center, based in Los Angeles, said the 7.0 earthquake initiated less than a mile beneath the Earth’s surface, making it uncommonly ...
10.5 is a 2004 American disaster film directed by John Lafia which aired as a television miniseries in the United States on May 2, 2004, and May 3, 2004 on NBC. [1] The plot focuses on a series of catastrophic earthquakes along the United States west coast, culminating in one measuring 10.5 on the Richter scale.
There's now an entire generation of Californians who have grown up without experiencing the damaging earthquakes we saw in the 1980s and 1990s. California remains in puzzling earthquake 'drought ...