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The 1954 Eureka earthquake occurred at 11:56 am on December 21, just east of Eureka and Arcata, California in the United States. The unknown type shock had a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Buildings swayed, windows were broken, and the Humboldt County Courthouse collapsed.
This is a list of earthquakes in 1954. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death ...
On December 16 at 3:07 a.m. PST, [16] the largest earthquake in the sequence, the M w 7.3 earthquake was triggered by oblique-slip displacement along the Fairview Peak, West Gate and Gold King Fault, and Louderback Mountain Faults for a total length of 100 km, of which 14 km intersects the rupture zone of the 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake.
A large, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in Northern California on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for part of the North Coast. The warning was later ...
1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake: April 13, 1949: Washington: 6.7 M w 8: 1949 Olympia earthquake: July 21, 1952: California: 7.3 M w 14: 1952 Kern County earthquake: July 6, 1954: Nevada 6.6 M w 0 1954 Rainbow Mountain earthquake [2] August 24, 1954: Nevada 6.8 M w 0 1954 Stillwater earthquake [2] December 16, 1954: Nevada 7.1 M w 0 1954 ...
The earthquake occurred at 10:44 a.m. with an epicenter under the Pacific Ocean, about 70 miles southwest of Eureka and 110 miles northwest of Mendocino.
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked coastal Northern California early Tuesday, ... The quake hit at a depth of 10 miles just after 2:30 a.m. PT near Eureka in Humboldt County, ...
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish ... 1954-12-21 Eureka North Coast: 6.5 M L: ... Desert Hot Springs ...