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The 1899 San Jacinto earthquake occurred on Christmas morning (December 25) at 04:25 local time in Southern California. The estimated moment magnitude 6.7 earthquake had an epicenter located 10 miles southeast of San Jacinto. The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Severe damage occurred, amounting to US$50,000 (1899 ...
Kern County Central Valley: 5.8 M w: VIII 2 Several $10M 1952-07-21: Kern County Central Valley: 7.3 M w: XI 12 Hundreds $60M 1948-12-04: Desert Hot Springs Inland Empire: 6.4 M w: VII Several Minor 1941-11-14 Torrance–Gardena LA Area: 5.4 M s: VIII $1.1M [17] 1941-06-30 Santa Barbara Central Coast: 5.9 M w: VIII $100k [18] 1940-05-18: El ...
The San Jacinto Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault (SAF) accommodate up to 80% of the slip rate between the North American and Pacific plates.The extreme southern portion of the SAF has experienced two moderate events in historical times, while the SJFZ is one of California's most active fault zones and has repeatedly produced both moderate and large events.
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1898 Mare Island earthquake; 1899 San Jacinto earthquake; 1906 San Francisco earthquake; 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes; 1918 San Jacinto earthquake; 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake; 1927 Lompoc earthquake; 1932 Eureka earthquake; 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1940 El Centro earthquake; 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake; 1952 Kern County ...
There is an 80.62% chance of a major earthquake within 31 miles of Stanislaus County within the next 50 years, according to the 2017 hazard plan, and the probability of one impacting the region is ...
A major earthquake on the San Andreas fault would result in perhaps 50 seconds of strong shaking in downtown L.A. ... 5.2 or greater earthquake hit Southern California, and Tuesday's quake was the ...
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.