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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.
0–9. 1700 Cascadia earthquake; 1769 earthquake; 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake; 1812 Ventura earthquake; 1838 San Andreas earthquake; 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake; 1868 Hayward earthquake; 1872 Owens Valley earthquake; 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake; 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes; 1898 Mare Island earthquake; 1899 San Jacinto earthquake
Northern California was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late Thursday morning. After the tremor struck at 10:45 a.m., just over 60 miles to the west-southwest of Humboldt County’s Ferndale ...
Aftershocks continued Friday after a strong earthquake that prompted a tsunami warning for parts of the U.S. West Coast Thursday. "At this time, there have been 59 earthquakes of magnitude three ...
Pages in category "Natural disasters in California" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... List of earthquakes in California; 0–9.
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. Its epicenter was offshore ...
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.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the "strong" quake was off the coast ...