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A 7.4 magnitude earthquake in San Francisco could be felt even more intensely than in Taiwan. Here’s why
The Taiwan earthquake’s epicenter was just over 11 miles from Hualien City, whose population tops 350,000, according to the USGS. Loma Prieta’s epicenter, meanwhile, was located in the Santa ...
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These are the biggest California earthquakes recorded in history
Just five years earlier, the 6.9-magnitude 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people ... 65 people and injured more than 2,000, with an epicenter in a sparsely populated area of the San Gabriel ...
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Moderate Earthquake Rattles Reno and Lake Tahoe
dozens of miles west of the epicenter, the manager of the local ... since a significant quake struck the region. The Loma Prieta earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.9, shook the Santa Cruz Mountains ...
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Tsunami warning for California after 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Golden State
California was rocked by a devastating 6.9-magnitude tremor dubbed the Loma Prieta ... would have an epicenter that sits inland and produce far worse devastation. Friday's earthquake caused ...
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7.0 earthquake hits California’s northeast coast
The epicenter was under the Pacific Ocean ... 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 ...