What the records say
- When
- 21 Feb 1973
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 34.10° N, 119.00° W
- Damage musd
- 1
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 8
1973 Point Mugu earthquake
Earthquake in Southern California
The 1973 Point Mugu earthquake occurred at 06:45:57 local time on February 21 in the Point Mugu area of southeastern Ventura County of southern California. It had a moment magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII. This oblique-slip shock resulted in several injuries and $1 million in damage.
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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 5.8 Point Mugu earthquake affected the south coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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