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2023 Nepal earthquake: 5 151 5.9 China, Gansu: IX (Violent) 10.0 December 18: 2023 Jishishan earthquake: 6 21 6.5 Afghanistan, Badakhshan: V (Moderate) 187.6 March 21: 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 7 18 6.8 Ecuador, Guayas offshore VII (Very Strong) 65.8 March 18: 2023 Guayas earthquake: 8 13 6.3 Turkey, Hatay: IX (Violent) 16.0 February 20
A full fault rupture, estimated to be around a 7.5 magnitude, could kill between 3,000 and 18,000 people, according to US Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center.
The magnitude 4.7 earthquake just north of Malibu on Thursday morning adds to what scientists say is an unusually active year for moderate earthquakes in Southern California. The Malibu earthquake ...
An earthquake ruptured off California on Thursday morning, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon. 7.0 earthquake in Northern California ...
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.
Having half a dozen earthquakes with a magnitude 2.5 or greater strike in a single week is not a common occurrence in Southern California.
One more thing Southern California is known for: earthquakes. Yet for a long time, and to the great relief of millions, the many active faults that claw and tear through the earth have been ...
PETROLIA, Calif. – A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook some Northern California communities early Tuesday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 4.1 earthquake was ...