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  2. Earthquake: Magnitude 5.4 quake hits Northern California days ...

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    January 1, 2023 at 1:55 PM. The epicenter of a magnitude 5.4 earthquake that struck Northern California on Sunday morning. (Quakebot) A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Humboldt County on New Year's ...

  3. 2022 Ferndale earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Earthquake 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, causing only minor damage.

  4. Earthquake, aftershocks rattle Northern California. Rumbles ...

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    Thursday’s 5.5 magnitude quake, centered in the waters of Lake Almanor in northwestern Plumas County struck at 4:19 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The aftershock struck at 3:18 a ...

  5. Earthquake rattles Northern California near Sacramento ... - AOL

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    A small earthquake rattled the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region of Northern California on Wednesday morning, prompting a widespread early warning and shaking residents near Isleton but ...

  6. Cascadia subduction zone - Wikipedia

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    The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 110–160 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30 m (98 ft).

  7. More than 70,000 without power after 6.4-magnitude earthquake ...

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    A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked coastal Northern California early Tuesday, leaving thousands in the dark as officials warned that another major jolt could still be on its way.

  8. San Andreas Fault - Wikipedia

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    Gorda-California-Nevada. Plaque showing location of San Andreas Fault in San Mateo County. The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. [1] It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North ...

  9. Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes northern California - AOL

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    (Reuters) -A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 miles) southeast of California's Rio Dell region, an area still recovering from a powerful earthquake last month. The latest earthquake was ...