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The 2003 San Simeon earthquake struck at 11:15 PST (19:15 UTC) on December 22 on the Central Coast of California, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Simeon.Probably centered in the Oceanic fault zone within the Santa Lucia Mountains, it was caused by thrust faulting and the rupture propagated southeast from the hypocenter for 12 miles (19 km).
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast (1755 Cape Ann, 1811–1812 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California The tremor was located just over 60 miles west-southwest of Ferndale More than 5.3 million Californians were under a tsunami ...
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded nearly 50 aftershocks, some as high as magnitude 3.9.
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.
On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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 ...
Parts of the California and Oregon coasts are under a tsunami warning after an earthquake was centered off the California coast. ... 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off California coast. December ...