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A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage ...
The magnitude 4.2 quake was reported at 6:16 p.m. 11 miles from Temecula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
No injuries have been reported at this time, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. PHOTO: A crack is seen on Blue Slide Road in Rio Dell, California, following a 7.0-magnitude ...
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.
The Imperial fault was the source of the 1940 El Centro earthquake and the 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake. There was more than 30 km (19 mi) of surface rupture associated with the 1979 event along the northwest trending Imperial fault from just north of the Mexico–United States border to an area south of Brawley and the BSZ was found to have ...
On April 9, a magnitude 6.4 M L earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of MM VII hit the extreme eastern San Diego County area and created a 31 km (19 mi) surface break along the Coyote Creek Fault. California State Route 78 was damaged with cracks near Ocotillo Wells and large boulders blocked the Montezuma-Borrego Springs Highway.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled Southern California on Friday morning, less than a week after a magnitude 4.1 New Year's temblor that shook attendees at the Rose Parade in Pasadena.. The ...
This region is dominated by major strike-slip faults one of them being the San Jacinto Fault which produced the 1968 earthquake. The mainshock's epicenter was near the unincorporated community of Ocotillo Wells in San Diego County. The moment magnitude (M w ) 6.6 strike-slip earthquake struck with a focal depth of 11.1 km (6.9