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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. [4] [5]
1 killed [5] about 200 injured [6] The 2014 South Napa earthquake occurred in the North San Francisco Bay Area on August 24 at 03:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time. At 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), the event was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Phones were alerted of the coming earthquake as far south as the San Francisco Bay Area. [23] As of 4:25 am. PST, PG&E revised the total of customers without power to 71,170. [24] Caltrans District 1 closed the Fernbridge over the Eel River on California State Route 211 due to four cracks which could cause the road itself to slide off. [25]
USGS map showing faults that span the Pacific–North America plate boundary. The Hayward Fault Zone is a right-lateral strike-slip geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes. The fault was first named in the Lawson Report of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in recognition of its involvement in the earthquake of 1868. [1]
March 28, 2023 at 8:38 AM. A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck Pacifica, California, on Tuesday morning followed by two smaller quakes, according to the United States Geographraphical Survey (USGS ...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across California's Sacramento County and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattles ...
Calaveras Fault. The Calaveras Fault is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault System that is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity on the different segments of the fault includes moderate and large earthquakes as well as aseismic creep. The last large event was the magnitude 6.2 1984 Morgan Hill event.
ShakeAlert is an earthquake early warning system (EEW) in the United States, developed and operated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners. [1] As of 2021, the system issues alerts for the country's West Coast (specifically the states of California, Oregon and Washington ). It is expected that the system will be expanded ...