What the records say
- When
- 21 Oct 1868
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.70° N, 122.10° W
- Deaths
- 30
- Damage musd
- 0.35
- Max water height m
- 4.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.8
- Runups
- 4
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1868 Hayward earthquake
1868 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
The 1868 Hayward earthquake occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States on October 21. With an estimated moment magnitude of 6.3–6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), it was the most recent large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault Zone.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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