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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 ...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled parts of Southern California Sunday morning. ... Airport in the last month. Sunday's 3:51 a.m. earthquake was the fifth of magnitude 3 or higher detected in ...
A pair of modest earthquakes rattled Southern California on Saturday morning, with epicenters in Ontario. The earthquakes, of magnitudes 3.5 and 3.9, occurred within about a half hour of each other.
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)
Although this earthquake was much more powerful than the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the damage and loss of life were minimized by its location in the sparsely-populated Mojave Desert. The earthquake was a right-lateral strike-slip event, and involved the rupture of several different faults over a length of 75 to 85 km (47 to 53 mi).
A Magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in Southern California on Sept. 16, 2024, according to the United States Geological Survey, marking the second temblor to hit the region in less than five days.
The Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is a collaboration of more than 1,000 scientists across 100 research institutions focused primarily on conducting research on earthquakes in Southern California and elsewhere by gathering data, conducting theoretical studies, and performing computer simulations; integrate information into a comprehensive, physics-based understanding of ...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported offshore in California on the morning of New Year’s day, according to the US Geological Survey. The seismic event occurred at 8:27 am local time 11 miles ...