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An average of 25 earthquakes with magnitudes between 4.0 and 5.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three-year data sample. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.6 miles.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Malibu on Friday and was felt across a wide swath of Southern California.
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the M s scale and 6.6 on the M w scale, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
The earthquake also caused many buildings to collapse, including hotels, and liquefaction was observed. 4,340 people were estimated to have been killed. [262] [263] This was the deadliest earthquake in 2018. 4,340 10,679 30 [264] Fiji offshore, 279 km east of Levuka: 6.7 550.0 III It was an aftershock of the 8.2 quake on August 19. - -
Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. The earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact between the two plates. These interplate earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (M w) that can exceed 9.0.
An earthquake, initially reported to be 4.5 magnitude, struck Wednesday night in San Bernardino. It was later downgraded to a 4.2 Magnitude 4.2 earthquake felt across Southern California
2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake: 6 7.1 0 Philippines, Soccsksargen offshore III (Weak) 639.5 July 11 - 8 7.0 3 China, Xinjiang: IX (Violent) 13.0 January 22: 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: 8 7.0 0 United States, California offshore VIII (Severe) 10.0 December 5 - 8 7.0 0 Russia, Kamchatka Krai offshore VI (Strong) 29.0 August 17 -