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This is an incomplete list of major earthquakes that have directly affected the U.S. State of California.
[edit] List of Earthquakes in California
Date | Epicenter | Name | Magnitude | Fatalities |
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1700 01 26 | Cascadia fault near CA-OR Coast | Cascadia earthquake | 9.2 | N/A |
1812 12 08 | San Juan Capistrano | 7.0 | 40 | |
1812 12 21 | Channel Islands | 7.1 | 1 | |
1830 ?? ?? | San Luis Obispo | 6.0 | ||
1836 06 10 | South San Francisco Bay Area | 6.5 | ||
1838 06 ?? | San Francisco Bay Area | 7.0 | ||
1853 02 01 | San Simeon | 5.5 | ||
1856 02 15 | Northern California | 5.5 | ||
1857 01 09 | Parkfield | Fort Tejon foreshock | 6.1 | |
1857 01 09 | Parkfield | Fort Tejon foreshock | 5.6 | |
1857 01 09 | Parkfield | Fort Tejon earthquake | 8.3 | 2 |
1857 01 09 | San Bernardino | Fort Tejon aftershock | 6.3 | |
1857 01 16 | San Bernardino | Fort Tejon aftershock | 6.7 | |
1859 12 ?? | San Bernardino | Fort Tejon aftershock | 6.0 | |
1860 04 ?? | Parkfield | Fort Tejon aftershock | 6.3 | |
1862 05 27 | San Diego | 5.9 | ||
1865 10 08 | Santa Cruz | 6.5 | ||
1868 10 21 | Hayward | 6.8 | 30 | |
1871 03 02 | Cape Mendocino | 5.9 | ||
1872 03 26 | Owens Valley | 1872 Lone Pine earthquake | 7.8 | 27 |
1872 03 26 | Owens Valley | Lone Pine aftershock | 6.8 | |
1872 04 03 | Owens Valley | Lone Pine aftershock | 6.3 | |
1872 04 11 | Owens Valley | Lone Pine aftershock | 6.9 | |
1873 11 23 | California-Oregon Border Region | 7.3 | ||
1877 05 30 | Parkfield | 5.7 | ||
1881 02 02 | Parkfield | 1881 Parkfield earthquake | 6.0 | |
1890 02 24 | Corralitos | 6.3 | ||
1892 02 24 | Imperial Valley | 7.8 | ||
1892 04 19 | Vacaville | 6.4 | 1 | |
1892 04 21 | Winters | 6.2 | ||
1897 06 20 | Calaveras fault | 6.3 | ||
1898 03 31 | Sonoma County | 6.5 | ||
1898 04 15 | Mendocino County | 6.8 | ||
1899 12 25 | San Jacinto | 6.7 | 6 | |
1901 03 03 | Parkfield | 1901 Parkfield earthquake | 6.4 | |
1902 07 28 | Los Alamos | 5.8 | ||
1902 07 31 | Los Alamos | 5.8 | ||
1906 04 18 | San Francisco | 1906 San Francisco earthquake | 7.8 | 3,000 estimated |
1906 12 07 | Cambria | 5.7 | ||
1911 07 01 | Calaveras fault | 6.5 | ||
1915 06 23 | Imperial Valley | 6.3 | 6 | |
1918 04 21 | San Jacinto | 6.8 | 1 | |
1922 01 31 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | 7.3 | ||
1922 03 10 | Parkfield | 1922 Parkfield earthquake | 6.1 | |
1922 09 05 | San Luis Obispo | 5.5 | ||
1923 01 22 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | 7.2 | ||
1925 06 29 | Santa Barbara | 6.8 | 13 | |
1925 06 29 | Santa Barbara | 5.5 | 1 | |
1925 10 22 | Monterey Bay | 6.1 | ||
1925 10 22 | Monterey Bay | 6.2 | ||
1927 11 04 | Lompoc | 7.5 | ||
1932 06 06 | Cape Mendocino | 6.4 | 1 | |
1933 03 10 | Long Beach | 1933 Long Beach earthquake | 6.4 | 120 |
1934 06 08 | Parkfield | 1934 Parkfield earthquake | 6.0 | |
1934 12 31 | Imperial Valley | 7.1 | ||
1940 05 19 | Imperial Valley | 7.2 | 9 | |
1941 02 09 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | 6.6 | ||
1947 04 10 | Northeast of Barstow | 6.4 | ||
1952 07 21 | Kern County | Kern County earthquake | 7.7 | 12 |
1952 08 22 | Kern County | Kern County Aftershock | 5.8 | 2 |
1952 11 22 | San Simeon | Bryson Earthquake | 6.3 | |
1954 12 21 | Cape Mendocino | 6.5 | 1 | |
1955 10 24 | Concord | 5.4 | 1 | |
1957 03 22 | Daly City | 5.3 | 1 | |
1966 06 28 | Parkfield | 1966 Parkfield earthquake | 6.0 | |
1966 09 12 | Truckee | 5.9 | ||
1969 10 02 | Santa Rosa | 5.7 | 1 | |
1971 02 09 | San Fernando | 1971 San Fernando earthquake | 6.7 | 65 |
1973 02 21 | Oxnard | 5.7 | ||
1975 08 01 | Oroville | 6.1 | ||
1978 08 13 | Santa Barbara | 5.6 | ||
1979 08 06 | Coyote Lake | 5.7 | ||
1979 10 15 | Imperial Valley | 6.5 | ||
1980 01 24 | Livermore | Livermore earthquake | 5.9 | |
1980 01 27 | Livermore | Livermore aftershock | 5.8 | |
1980 05 25 | Mammoth Lakes | 6.1 | ||
1980 11 08 | Cape Mendocino | 7.2 | 5 | |
1981 04 26 | Salton Sea Region | 6.0 | ||
1983 05 02 | Coalinga | Coalinga earthquake | 6.5 | |
1983 05 02 | Coalinga | Coalinga aftershock | 6.0 | |
1984 04 24 | Morgan Hill | 6.2 | ||
1984 11 23 | Round Valley | 5.8 | ||
1986 07 08 | North Palm Springs | 6.1 | ||
1986 07 13 | Newport Beach | 5.8 | ||
1986 07 21 | Chalfant Valley | 6.2 | ||
1987 10 01 | Whittier Narrows | Whittier Narrows earthquake | 5.9 | 8 |
1987 10 04 | Whittier Narrows | Whitter Narrows Aftershock | 5.6 | 1 |
1987 11 24 | Superstition Hills | 6.5 | 2 | |
1987 11 24 | Superstition Hills | 6.7 | ||
1989 08 08 | Santa Cruz | 5.4 | 1 | |
1989 10 18 | Santa Cruz | Loma Prieta earthquake | 6.9 | 62 |
1990 02 28 | Claremont | 5.5 | ||
1991 06 28 | Sierra Madre | 5.6 | 2 | |
1991 08 17 | Petrolia | Honeydew Earthquake | 6.0 | |
1992 04 23 | Joshua Tree | 6.2 | ||
1992 04 25 | Cape Mendocino | Cape Mendocino Petrolia earthquake | 7.2 | |
1992 04 26 | Cape Mendocino | Petrolia aftershock | 6.5 | |
1992 04 26 | Cape Mendocino | Petrolia aftershock | 6.7 | |
1992 06 28 | Landers | Landers earthquake | 7.3 | 3 |
1992 06 28 | Big Bear | Big Bear Earthquake | 6.7 | |
1994 01 17 | Northridge | Northridge earthquake | 6.7 | 60 |
1994 01 17 | Northridge | Northridge Aftershock | 6.0 | |
1994 09 01 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | 7.0 | ||
1994 12 26 | Cape Mendocino | 5.5 | ||
1999 10 16 | Hector Mines | Hector Mine earthquake | 7.2 | |
2003 12 22 | San Simeon | San Simeon earthquake | 6.5 | 2 |
2004 09 28 | Parkfield | 2004 Parkfield earthquake | 6.0 | |
2005 06 15 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | 2005 Crescent City earthquake | 7.2 | |
2005 06 17 | Offshore of Cape Mendocino | Crescent City aftershock | 6.7 | |
2007 10 31 | Calaveras fault near San Jose | 2007 Alum Rock Earthquake | 5.6 |
[edit] References
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1
- http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/89/4/1109?ck=nck
- http://redirect.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/quakes/historical/Index.htm