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The 2014 Iquique earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on 1 April, with a moment magnitude of 8.2, at 20:46 local time (23:46 UTC). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The epicenter of the earthquake was approximately 95 kilometres (59 mi) northwest of Iquique . [ 1 ]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck offshore of northern California 78 km (48 mi) west northwest of Ferndale on March 10 at a depth of 16.4 km (10.2 mi). [27] Cracks appeared in buildings in Eureka and Crescent City , and a tsunami of 40 cm (1.3 ft) was observed.
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 ...
Before those four earthquakes, a 4.1 magnitude temblor hit the same area in the middle of the night on Tuesday, at 12:13 a.m., according to Southern California Earthquake Data Center.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A pair of earthquakes struck just minutes apart near San Bernardino, California, on Monday morning. The first earthquake, a magnitude 3.6, hit just before 9:45 a.m ...
see 2014 South Napa earthquake: 38.215 -122.312 1 6.0 M w (USGS) Centred 6 km NW of American Canyon, California, United States, at a depth of 11.1 km. [124] September 28, 2014 02:35 Central Peru see 2014 Peru earthquake-13.814 -71.744 8 4.9 M w (USGS) Centred 19 km SW of Urcos, Peru, at a depth of 43.2 km. [125] October 7, 2014 13:49 Yunnan ...
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck California near the town of Petrolia, about 265 miles north of San Francisco, Thursday morning generating a strong shake and a now-discontinued tsunami warning ...
The probability of a serious earthquake on various faults has been estimated in the 2008 Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast. According to the United States Geological Survey, Southern California experiences nearly 10,000 earthquakes every year. [3] Details on specific faults can be found in the USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database.