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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred on the Calaveras Fault on October 30, 2007, at 20:04 PDT (October 31, at 03:04 UTC), near Alum Rock. 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.
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.
The 1979 Coyote Lake earthquake occurred at 10:05:24 local time on August 6 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock occurred on the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County, California and resulted in a number of injuries, including some that required hospitalization. Most of ...
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the "strong" quake was off the coast ...
Two small earthquakes rattled the Malibu area Friday and Saturday, followed by another one in the Inland Empire. The first Malibu quake was reported around 11:44 p.m. Friday and was registered as ...
The earthquakes this week were located slightly north of the Ortigalita fault, in an area without any mapped fault lines at the surface, she said. “These earthquakes, of course, occurred some ...
The 2003 San Simeon earthquake struck at 11:15 PST (19:15 UTC) on December 22 on the Central Coast of California, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Simeon.Probably centered in the Oceanic fault zone within the Santa Lucia Mountains, it was caused by thrust faulting and the rupture propagated southeast from the hypocenter for 12 miles (19 km).
A trio of Southern California earthquakes have struck in the area of Newport Beach and ... The magnitude 3.6 temblor shook near Irvine Avenue and where Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach transitions ...