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The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.
The epicenter region of the earthquake was located in the San Fernando Valley, about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the hypocenter 's geographical coordinates at 34°12′47″N 118°32′13″W / 34.213°N 118.537°W / 34.213; -118.537 and at a depth of 11.31 miles ...
Los Angeles earthquake could refer to: 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1952 Kern County earthquake; 1971 San Fernando earthquake; 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake;
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
The figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the Jazira plain and the 1139 Ganja earthquake in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja. The first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by Ibn Taghribirdi in the fifteenth century. [11] 533 Aleppo earthquake: November 29, 533
The earthquake took place west of Los Angeles and was its epicenter was recorded about 3.5 miles north of Malibu, the USGS reported. The notable temblor took place just before 4:22 a.m. local time.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Malibu, California, rocked the Los Angeles area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 2.8 magnitude aftershock was registered in ...
UTC time: 1940-05-19 04:36:47: ISC event: 901341: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: May 18, 1940 (): Local time: 21:35 PST: Magnitude: 6.9 M w [1]: Depth: 16 km (9.9 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip: Areas affected: United States, Mexico: Total damage: $6 million [2]: Max. intensity: MMI X (Extreme) [1]: Casualties: 9 dead [2] 20 injured [3]: The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial ...