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  2. List of earthquakes in California - Wikipedia

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    Following destructive earthquakes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, real estate developers, press, and boosters minimized and downplayed the risk of earthquakes out of fear that the ongoing economic boom would be negatively affected. [3] [4] California earthquakes (1769–2000)

  3. 1960 Valdivia earthquake - Wikipedia

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    This quake was reported to be centered approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) deep and several miles off shore. It may have been related or consequential to the 1960 Valdivia quake, the strongest as recorded using modern technology. [79] This 2010 earthquake was the largest to affect Valdivia since the 1960 event.

  4. 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 a.m. (Pacific time) on January 9 in central and Southern California.One of the largest recorded earthquakes in the United States, [6] with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9, it ruptured the southern part of the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 225 miles (350 km), between Parkfield and Wrightwood.

  5. 1952 Kern County earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake occurred on the White Wolf Fault near the community of Wheeler Ridge and was the strongest to occur in California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The town of Tehachapi suffered the greatest damage and loss of life from the earthquake, though other locations in Kern County experienced significant damage as well, but its ...

  6. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.

  7. List of earthquakes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1873 Oregon-California earthquake [2] October 26, 1880: Alaska 7.0 M s 0 [1] August 10, 1884: New York: 4.9–5.5 M fa 2: August 31, 1886: South Carolina: 6.9–7.3 M w 60: 1886 Charleston earthquake: April 19, 1892: California 6.4 M L 1 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes [2] April 21, 1892: California 6.4 M L 0 1892 Vacaville–Winters ...

  8. List of historical earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...

  9. 1994 Northridge earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The same site also recorded an unusually high pga (0.65 g) during a 1987 earthquake, though no abnormal readings were found during earthquakes in 1991 and 1992. USGS seismologist Rufus Catchings suggested the intense shaking was localised and most of the city was unharmed. [ 19 ]