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The earthquake occurred about 12 miles northwest of the epicenter of the magnitude 7.5 Kern County earthquake that struck on July 21, 1952. That earthquake resulted in 12 deaths, ...
In 2022, two people died after a ma gnitude-6.4 earthquake struck offshore near Ferndale, not far from the recent quake. That earthquake caused close to $100 million in damage in the most recent ...
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at ...
The 1952 Kern County earthquake (M s 7.5, M w 7.3 [118]), considered the biggest earthquake to hit California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, [119] occurred on the White Wolf fault south of Bakersfield, and likely connected with the Walker Pass earthquake via the Scodie Lineament. [120]
The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale.The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
Southern California faults have been responsible for many high magnitude and high-impact earthquakes. [4] 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake; 1999 Hector Mine earthquake; 1994 Northridge earthquake; 1992 Landers earthquake; 1971 San Fernando earthquake; 1952 Kern County earthquake; 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
Although, curiously, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 4.6-magnitude earthquake in eastern Kern, around Randsburg, earlier Friday morning, and then undeclared it, saying it was a false ...
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.