What the records say
- When
- 21 Oct 1868
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 37.70° N, 122.10° W
- Deaths
- 30
- Damage musd
- 0.35
- Intensity mmi
- 9
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1868 Hayward earthquake
1868 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
The 1868 Hayward earthquake occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States on October 21. With an estimated moment magnitude of 6.3–6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), it was the most recent large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault Zone.
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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 M6.3–6.7 Hayward earthquake affects the San Francisco Bay Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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