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The 1952 Kern County earthquake (M s 7.5, M w 7.3 [118]), considered the biggest earthquake to hit California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, [119] occurred on the White Wolf fault south of Bakersfield, and likely connected with the Walker Pass earthquake via the Scodie Lineament. [120]
Here are the earthquakes that happened in Stanislaus County in September 2023, which parts of the county are most at risk and what officials say to do if you feel one: Where are the faults in ...
1873 Oregon-California earthquake [2] October 26, 1880: Alaska 7.0 M s 0 [1] August 10, 1884: New York: 4.9–5.5 M fa 2: August 31, 1886: South Carolina: 6.9–7.3 M w 60: 1886 Charleston earthquake: April 19, 1892: California 6.4 M L 1 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes [2] April 21, 1892: California 6.4 M L 0 1892 Vacaville–Winters ...
Until Sunday, the strongest earthquake in the past month to hit San Bernardino County's fourth most populous city occurred on Sept. 7, when a magnitude 3.9 earthquake caused "light" shaking to be ...
Following destructive earthquakes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, real estate developers, press, and boosters minimized and downplayed the risk of earthquakes out of fear that the ongoing economic boom would be negatively affected. [3] [4] California earthquakes (1769–2000)
PETROLIA, Calif. – A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook some Northern California communities early Tuesday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 4.1 earthquake was ...
An earthquake struck a remote area of central California, but a seismologist said there was no connection to a smaller quake hours earlier in the Bay Area. Magnitude 4.7 quake shakes part of ...
The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake in Southern California since the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake which had a moment magnitude of 5.4. [8] Its epicenter was 1 mile (1.6 km) east of La Habra and its hypocenter was 3.2 miles (5.1 km) deep. [2] Initial reports placed the magnitude at 5.3, however it was later downgraded to magnitude 5.1.