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California earthquakes (1769–2000) According to seismologist Charles Richter, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake moved the United States Government into acknowledging the problem. Prior to that, no agency was specifically focused on researching earthquake activity.
UTC time: 1948-12-04 23:43:19: ISC event: 897665: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: December 4, 1948 (): Local time: 15:43:19 PST: Magnitude: 6.4 M w [1]: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip [2]: Areas affected: Coachella Valley Southern California United States: Max. intensity: MMI VII (Very strong) [3]: Landslides: Yes (Indio Hills) [3]: Casualties: Several injured: The ...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...
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.
There have been just under 40 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or larger in the past century within 150 miles of Thursday’s earthquake, which was the most powerful to rattle the state since a 7.1 ...
The NSTA, the umbrella department for PHIVOLCS and PAGASA, became the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987. The technical staff and the 12-station earthquake monitoring network was fully integrated to PHIVOLCS in 1988. PHILVOCS and the United States Geological Survey collaborated during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Their ...
Southern California's last "Big One" was in 1857, when an earthquake with a magnitude of roughly 7.9 ruptured 225 miles of fault on the San Andreas, between Monterey and San Bernardino counties.
A YouTube personality claimed he was contacted by a spirit, which revealed to him that a catastrophic earthquake that Nostradamus predicted would occur on May 28 in California at a 9.8 magnitude.