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Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast (1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...
September 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM. A small earthquake was reported in Northern California on Friday afternoon. A 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook San Jose about 3:15 p.m. local time. According to the ...
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
September 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM. SAN JOSE, Calif. - A 3.4 earthquake rocked some parts of the South Bay, reaching a 3.4 on the Ritcher scale. The earthquake struck around 3:15 p.m., with its ...
Prior to the 2014 South Napa earthquake, it was the most powerful quake to hit the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, and the largest on the Calaveras Fault since 1984. On October 25, 2022 at 11:42 PDT (October 25, at 18:42 UTC), a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred on the fault near Lick Observatory. [5]
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning at 9:29 a.m. seven miles from Oakley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
2014 South Napa earthquake. The 2014 South Napa earthquake occurred in the North San Francisco Bay Area on August 24 at 03:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time. At 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), the event was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Ariana Baio. March 28, 2023 at 11:38 AM. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck Pacifica, California, on Tuesday morning followed by two smaller quakes, according to the United States Geographraphical ...