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  2. List of earthquakes in California - Wikipedia

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    Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes. As Spanish missions were constructed beginning in the late 18th century, earthquake records were kept. After the missions were secularized in 1834, records were sparse until the California gold rush in the 1840s. From 1850 to 2004, there was about one potentially damaging event per ...

  3. 1994 Northridge earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1994 Northridge earthquake affected the Los Angeles area of California on January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 PST. The epicenter of the moment magnitude 6.7 ( M w ) blind thrust earthquake was beneath the San Fernando Valley . [ 3 ]

  4. 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 a.m. (Pacific time) on January 9 in central and Southern California.One of the largest recorded earthquakes in the United States, [6] with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9, it ruptured the southern part of the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 225 miles (350 km), between Parkfield and Wrightwood.

  5. List of earthquakes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1979 Imperial Valley earthquakemagnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States

  6. The 1989 earthquake that rocked San Francisco, Oakland ... - AOL

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    By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...

  7. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.

  8. 'Swaying back and forth': Magnitude 7 earthquake ... - AOL

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    There is a greater than 99% probability of one or more magnitude 3.0 earthquakes in the area over the next day, a 74% chance of a magnitude 4.0 or larger, 22% chance of a magnitude 5.0 and larger ...

  9. 1978 Santa Barbara earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1978 Santa Barbara earthquake (also known as the Goleta earthquake), occurred on August 13, 1978, 3:54 p.m. with its epicenter beneath the Santa Barbara Channel. [4] [5] The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at M L 5.1 according to the Southern California Seismic Network; however, it may have been as high as 5.6 M w. [1]