What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1992
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 40.37° N, 124.32° W
- Injuries
- 98
- Damage musd
- 75
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 15
1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes
The 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes occurred along the Lost Coast of Northern California on April 25 and 26. The three largest events were the M7.2 thrust mainshock that struck near the unincorporated community of Petrolia midday on April 25 and two primary strike-slip aftershocks measuring 6.5 and 6.6 that followed early the next morning.
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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 7.2 Cape Mendocino earthquake shakes the north coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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