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The January 2010 North American winter storms were a group of seven powerful winter storms that affected Canada and the Contiguous United States, particularly California.The storms developed from the combination of a strong El Niño episode, a powerful jet stream, [7] and an atmospheric river that opened from the West Pacific Ocean into the Western Seaboard.
The 2010 Eureka earthquake occurred on January 9 at 4:27:38 pm PST offshore of Humboldt County, California, United States. The magnitude was measured 6.5 on the M w scale, and its epicenter was located offshore in the Pacific Ocean 33 miles (53 km) west of the nearest major city, Eureka .
Probabilistic seismic hazard map. 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 ...
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Freshly fallen snow blanketed the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains on the morning of January 23, 2010, northwest of Wrightwood, California, after the sixth storm had left. [104] [105] Snow was also reported in many parts of California. [104] During that week, the storms dropped 20 cm (8 in) to 25 cm (10 in) of rain in Los Angeles. [107]
A major earthquake struck near California's coast on Thursday, and aftershocks are still ongoing. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck at about 10:44 a.m. Pacific Time.
The probability of a serious earthquake on various faults has been estimated in the 2008 Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast. According to the United States Geological Survey, Southern California experiences nearly 10,000 earthquakes every year. [3] Details on specific faults can be found in the USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database.