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A magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck in a remote area of Nevada on Monday afternoon sent shaking throughout Central California, including the Sacramento area.
The magnitude 4.2 quake was reported at 6:16 p.m. 11 miles from Temecula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck Tuesday morning near San Jose could be felt in the Valley. Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Bay Area, Valley, the largest to strike region in years Skip to ...
The San Joaquin Fault is a seismically active geological structure in the California Central Valley. [1] East of the San Joaquin fault there is a flow pattern of alluvium that has been reported to be a mud flow. [2] This flow pattern was deposited in the early Holocene or the late Pleistocene age. [3]
The earthquake in Kings County followed the report of another near San Jose at 3:13 p.m. Did you feel it? 4.1-magnitude earthquake hits near Kettleman City in central California Skip to main content
Earthquakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones from 1974 to 2002, with magnitudes larger than 2.5. The zone had four of the largest earthquakes in recorded North American history, with moment magnitudes estimated to be as large as 7 or greater, all occurring within a 3-month period between December 1811 and February 1812. Many of ...
The Sierra Nevada Fault Zone. The Sierra Nevada Fault is an active seismic fault along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountain block in California.It forms the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, extending roughly 600 km (370 mi) from just north of the Garlock Fault to the Cascade Range.
The mountain areas of the San Joaquin Valley have endured rough times of late, even if Tuesday’s earthquake was more of a brief scare than a real threat.