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What triggered California’s 7.0 earthquake — and why aftershocks could hit San Andreas Fault
Thursday’s earthquake, now dubbed the 2024 Offshore Cape Mendocino California Earthquake, erupted some 40 miles offshore from Petrolia (Humboldt County). It’s believed to have occurred along ...
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‘We live in earthquake country’: What California’s 7.0 teaches us about a future ‘really big one’ in Oregon
That earthquake, the 2024 Offshore Cape Mendocino, California Earthquake, registered a magnitude of 7.0. The Cape Mendocino earthquake was felt in parts of Oregon, but caused little damage and no ...
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Is the Pacific coast prepared for a tsunami?
“The Mendocino Fault is arguably the most active fault in the state of California. Since 1990, it has produced 200 earthquakes of magnitude four or larger. It produces earthquakes in the ...