What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1975
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 39.44° N, 121.53° W
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage musd
- 3
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 15
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 5.7 Oroville earthquake affects Butte County, California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), injuring 10 and causing $3 million in damage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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