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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.
Before those four earthquakes, a 4.1 magnitude temblor hit the same area in the middle of the night on Tuesday, at 12:13 a.m., according to Southern California Earthquake Data Center.
2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States; Earthquakes which did not affect the United States directly, but caused tsunamis which did:
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A pair of earthquakes struck just minutes apart near San Bernardino, California, on Monday morning. The first earthquake, a magnitude 3.6, hit just before 9:45 a.m ...
Aftershock Closely Follows Earthquake East Of Los Angeles Two other notable tremors happened Monday morning. At 9:44 a.m. local time, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake shook San Bernardino, located about ...
1898 Mare Island earthquake; 1899 San Jacinto earthquake; 1906 San Francisco earthquake; 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes; 1918 San Jacinto earthquake; 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake; 1927 Lompoc earthquake; 1932 Eureka earthquake; 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1940 El Centro earthquake; 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake; 1952 Kern County ...
In recent days, Southern California has experienced one earthquake after another. A 3.6 in Ojai on May 31. Two of a similar magnitude under the East Los Angeles area of El Sereno .
That earthquake caused close to $100 million in damage in the most recent estimate, according to Lori Dengler, an emeritus professor in geology at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.