What the records say
- When
- 2 May 1983
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 36.22° N, 120.32° W
- Injuries
- 45
- Damage musd
- 31
- Houses destroyed
- 500
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 10
1983 Coalinga earthquake
Earthquake affecting Central California
The 1983 Coalinga earthquake struck at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2 of that year, in Coalinga, California.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.2 Coalinga earthquake shakes central California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 94 injuries and $10 million in losses”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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