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The earthquake was a right-lateral strike-slip event, and involved the rupture of several different faults over a length of 75 to 85 km (47 to 53 mi). [5] [6] The names of those that were involved are the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo (also known as Landers), Homestead Valley, Homestead/Emerson, Emerson Valley and Camp Rock faults. [5] [6]
A typical sunrise in Landers, California looking east by southeast toward Joshua Tree, California. Landers lies in the Homestead Valley of the southeastern Mojave Desert. The nominal elevation of the community is 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level; its highest point is the top of Goat Mountain that rises 625 feet above the surrounding area.
Location of San Bernardino County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Bernardino County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Orange County Regional History Center will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz musician Sam Rivers with a panel, a pop-up photo gallery and a concert in October. Rivers died at ...
The Big Bear earthquake happened east of Los Angeles, and 3 hours 8 minutes after the M 7.3 1992 Landers earthquake occurred 22 miles (35 km) to the east. It was first believed to be an aftershock of the larger event. However, the United States Geological Survey determined that it was a separate, but related, shock. The two events are ...
The aftershocks spread along a northward trend from about 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the San Andreas Fault northwest of Indio, California to the east-striking Mount Pinto Fault and it also preceded the Landers event near the southern end of the future Landers aftershock zones. The aftershock sequence of the Joshua Tree quake also showed a clear ...
He built the structure in Landers, California (near Joshua Tree), following instructions that Van Tassel vehemently claimed were provided directly to him by visitors from the planet Venus. The Integratron machine was started in 1957, the structure erected in 1959. It was financed predominantly by donations, including funds from Howard Hughes ...
The 1999 Hector Mine earthquake occurred in Southern California, United States, on October 16 at 02:46:50 PDT. Its moment magnitude was 7.1 and the earthquake was preceded by 12 foreshocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.8. The event is thought to have been triggered by the 1992 Landers earthquake which occurred seven years earlier ...