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Seismogram of the earthquake. The earthquake measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).It came exactly a year after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck onshore in the Cape Mendocino area on December 20, 2021, [7] causing only minor damage. [8]
A 6.4 earthquake near Ferndale has resulted in at least two deaths from medical emergencies, 11 injuries and extensive damage. At least 2 dead, 11 injured in 6.4 earthquake in Northern California ...
The noise was caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquakes that hit just offshore from northern California at 2:34 AM, local time, on 20 December 2022. The epicenter was about 12 kilometers southwest of Ferndale, California. The hypocenter was between 10 and 20 kilometers deep. Shaking resulted from strike-slip movement.
More than 3 million people were notified by phone early Tuesday of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Northern California.
Prior to the 2014 South Napa earthquake, it was the most powerful quake to hit the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, and the largest on the Calaveras Fault since 1984. On October 25, 2022 at 11:42 PDT (October 25, at 18:42 UTC), a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred on the fault near Lick Observatory. [5]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, jolting people awake and leaving thousands without power. No injuries were immediately ...
May 11, 2023 at 7:33 PM. A moderate earthquake Thursday afternoon shook a wide swath of Northern California, rattling homes and businesses from Redding to Elk Grove and shaking workers in downtown ...
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast (1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...