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The earthquakes measured 5.5 and 5.6 on the moment magnitude scale, and occurred at a depth of 10.0 km. The first earthquake injured four and damaged 20 buildings. [13] [14] [15] The latter caused one death and 37 injuries. [16] [17] Another earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the same area on 16 March of that same year. [18]
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The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Northern California about 10:44 a.m. PT about 60 miles offshore of Ferndale, California.
California's worst tsunami disaster in modern times occurred in 1964, when a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska spawned a tsunami that inundated Crescent City, near the Oregon border.
Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in Northern California on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast. The warning was later ...
The most recent significant earthquake (above a 6.0 on the Richter scale) in the state was the 6.4 magnitude quake that occurred in Ferndale, Humboldt County, in December 2022, in which two people ...
The region — known for its redwood forests, scenic mountains and the three-county Emerald Triangle’s legendary marijuana crop — was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake in 2022 that left thousands of people without power and water. The northwest corner of California is the most seismically active part of the state because it’s where three ...