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Southern California was struck by a “very strong” 5.2 ... according to the Los Angeles Times. Earthquakes with magnitudes between 5.0 and 6.0 occur five times per year across California and ...
Oroville Dam, an important part of the California State Water Project, is an earthen embankment dam on the Feather River, east of the city of Oroville in Northern California. The dam is used for flood control, water storage, hydroelectric power generation, and water quality improvement in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [1]:
Reports of shaking after #earthquake near #oroville #ca
Last Tuesday, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake and a swarm of aftershocks in farmland almost 90 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles didn't do much damage but did send the fire department's 106 ...
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Malibu, California, rocked the Los Angeles area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 2.8 magnitude aftershock was registered in ...
In the following month, about 20 more earthquakes were recorded and on August 1, 1975, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred and shortly after that, the main earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was felt in a large part of northern California and in part of Nevada. The dam was not damaged, but minor damage was caused to buildings in the town of Oroville.
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [ 8 ] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.
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 ...