What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 1952
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 35.00° N, 119.02° W
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 200
- Damage musd
- 60
- Intensity mmi
- 11
- Depth km
- 16
1952 Kern County earthquake
7.3 earthquake in the San Joaquin Valley
The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time, killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
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2 sources record it
- 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 7.3 Kern County earthquake strikes California's southern Central Valley with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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