What the records say
- When
- 26 Mar 1872
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 36.70° N, 118.10° W
- Deaths
- 27
- Injuries
- 56
- Damage musd
- 0.25
- Houses destroyed
- 52
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1872 Owens Valley earthquake
Major earthquake in California
The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake – also known as the Lone Pine earthquake – struck on March 26 at 2:30 a.m. local time in the Owens Valley, with the epicenter near the town of Lone Pine. Its magnitude has been estimated at Mw 7.4 to 7.9, with a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme).
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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 7.4–7.9 Lone Pine earthquake shakes eastern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme); 27 people are killed and 56 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page