A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California at 10:44 a.m. on Wednesday, rattling cities as far south as Oakland, according to a preliminary estimate from the U.S. Geologi…
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California at 10:44 a.m. on Wednesday, rattling cities as far south as Oakland, according to a preliminary estimate from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake occurred along a restless region where three tectonic plates converge, called the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the Pacific, Gorda, and North American tectonic plates meet. It is considered part of the Cascadia subduction zone which extends further north along the coast; this area is known for frequent earthquake activity due to the complex plate interactions there.
The last major earthquake in the Bay Area was the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake — a magnitude 6.9 quake that struck on Oct. 17, 1989, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It killed 62 people and caused $6 billion in damages. The largest earthquake since Loma Prieta shook Napa in August 2014 with a magnitude of 6.0. No one was killed in the quake but hundreds of buildings were damaged and dozens were red-tagged. Before that, a magnitude 5.4 temblor hit near Alum Rock in San Jose in 2007.
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