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2020 Monte Cristo Range earthquake. / 38.169; -117.850. On May 15, 2020 at 4:03:27 local time, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck ~35 miles (56 km) west of Tonopah, Nevada in the Monte Cristo Range near the California -Nevada border. [3] It was Nevada's largest earthquake in 66 years.
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]
Damage to brick walls and plasters in Reno, Virginia City, and parts of California. February 18, 1914 Reno 6.0 M fa Large cracks to structures in Reno. Some fires broke out. Foreshock of the April earthquake. 1914 Reno earthquakes: April 24, 1914 Reno 6.4 M fa Several people fainted. Major damage. 1914 Reno earthquakes
A map of Southern California faults and recent earthquakes ... populated areas of L.A. and Orange counties — could kill 3,000 to 18,000 people, according to the USGS and Southern California ...
May 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM. A map shows earthquakes above magnitude 2.5 that struck in the last week in Southern California. Quakes marked in orange occurred over a 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m ...
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook near the California-Nevada border by Walker on Monday, Aug., 8 the U.S. Geological Survey reported.. The 3-mile deep quake hit 5 miles northeast of Walker at 1:44 ...
Probabilistic seismic hazard map. 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 ...
Josh Marcus. June 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM. In recent days, Southern California has experienced one earthquake after another. A 3.6 in Ojai on May 31. Two of a similar magnitude under the East Los ...