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UTC time: 1940-05-19 04:36:47: ISC event: 901341: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: May 18, 1940 (): Local time: 21:35 PST: Magnitude: 6.9 M w [1]: Depth: 16 km (9.9 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip: Areas affected: United States, Mexico: Total damage: $6 million [2]: Max. intensity: MMI X (Extreme) [1]: Casualties: 9 dead [2] 20 injured [3]: The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial ...
The Imperial County Services building in El Centro following the earthquake with the east end dropping down 30 cm See also: Earthquake-resistant structures and Seismic analysis The Imperial County Services building, a six-story reinforced concrete building located 29 km (18 mi) northwest of the epicenter in El Centro, was built in 1971 when ...
By this time, scientists were well aware of the threat, but seismology was still in its infancy. 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]
An agricultural community in Imperial County experienced a 4.8 earthquake and more than 180 smaller aftershocks. A midnight 4.8 earthquake followed by a cluster of aftershocks rocks the El Centro area
The US Geological Survey has updated their California earthquake outlook and says that the chance of a major earthquake hitting in the next 30 years is greater than previously thought. Recent ...
1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes: Two magnitude 6.25 shocks occurred ~1 hour apart. Six people died and several were injured in the second quake at Mexicali, located just inside the Mexican border. Unstable banks of the New and Alamo Rivers caved in many places. 1940 El Centro earthquake; 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake; 2010 Baja California ...
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday near El Centro, Calif.
Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), or big-cone pine, is a conifer in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.Coulter pine is an evergreen conifer that lives up to 100 years. [2] It is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, occurring in mediterranean climates, where winter rains are infrequent and summers are dry with ...