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In Southern California, the last major earthquake on the San Andreas fault was in 1857, estimated at somewhere around a magnitude 7.8. But even moderate quakes along the Puente Hills thrust fault ...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled underneath Los Angeles on Monday, less than a week after a bigger one jolted much of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey placed the epicenter of ...
It has been several years since a magnitude 5.2 or greater earthquake hit Southern California, and Tuesday's quake was the strongest to strike the region in three years. A magnitude 5.3 quake ...
Seismogram of the earthquake. The earthquake measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). It came exactly a year after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck onshore in the Cape Mendocino area on December 20, 2021, [7] causing only minor damage. [8]
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the Kursk incursion on August 6.
The July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes consist of three main shocks of magnitudes 6.4, 5.4, and 7.1, each followed by a flurry of aftershocks of substantially lower magnitude. The aftershocks of the Ridgecrest earthquakes reveal two fault zones. The July 4 M 6.4 event (orange dot) occurred on the SW-NE fault where it intersects the NW-SE oriented ...
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.. The 6.5-mile-deep quake hit about 5 miles southeast of Ojai at 1:12 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, according to ...
1952 Kern County earthquake. / 34.86; -119.10. The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC ), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.