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Greta Cross, USA TODAY January 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 struck the coast of San Francisco on Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey reported.
A small earthquake was reported in Northern California on Friday afternoon. A 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook San Jose about 3:15 p.m. local time. According to the United States Geological Survey ...
A 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Bay Area in Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.. The nearly 6-mile-deep quake hit about 4 miles east of Fremont at 9:35 a.m. on Thursday ...
The 1868 Hayward earthquake occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States on October 21. With an estimated moment magnitude of 6.3–6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ), it was the most recent large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault Zone .
A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.
The upshot, for those who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, is that experts say there is a 72% chance of experiencing a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake before 2045. Moreover, they had a 51% chance of a M≥7 (threshold to be considered a "major" quake), a 20% chance of a M≥7.5 and a 4% chance of a M≥8 (a "great" quake) when all the ...
Landslides in California occur mainly due to intense rainfall but occasionally are triggered by earthquakes. Landslides are common in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of Northern California, and the Sierra Nevada. Although they most often are reported when they impact residential developments, landslides also ...
An average of five earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in the greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample. The earthquake occurred at a depth ...