‘I Heard The Roar’: 6.5 Earthquake Hits Idaho
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An earthquake struck north of Boise Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting...
Sonoma County: 4.1 Magnitude Quake Rattles Area Near Cobb Mountain Early Wednesday
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has hit an area of unincorporated Sonoma County near Cobb Mountain early Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological...
5.7 Magnitude Quake Shakes Utah, Salt Lake Airport Closed
By BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An earthquake shook millions of people across metro Salt Lake City...
3.7- Magnitude Earthquake Hits North Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – A preliminary 3.7-magnitude earthquake hit the North Bay on Wednesday.
The quake hit about 3.5 miles east of Cobb, or about 27...
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER – Possible Threat to JAMAICA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, GRAND CAYMAN, CUBA
Updated 1-28-2020 at 1:08pm PDT
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Tsunami Warning Signs
The California Department of Conservation list the Tsunami Warning Signs as follows:
Very strong ground shaking along the coast is an indication of an earthquake...
How to Prepare for a Tsunami
California Department of Conservation outlines how to prepare for a Tsunami.
Education and preparation are the best ways to avoid injury and increase your chances...
What is a Tsunami?
The California Department of Conservation has the following definition of a Tsunami: A tsunami is a wave, or series of waves, generated by an...
1 Confirmed Dead, 2nd Victim With Serious Injuries From Avalanche At Tahoe Squaw Valley-Alpine...
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3.3 Magnitude Quake Rattles Area 9 Miles Southwest Of Gilroy Early Monday Morning
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit an area approximately 9 miles southwest of Gilroy in San Benito County early Monday morning, according to the United...
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes NorCal Coast
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook Petrolia in Northern California today.
The 7:30 a.m. tremor was hit at around 21.4 km, the U.S. Geological Survey...
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Paso Robles
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Paso Robles in central California on Tuesday.
The 10:29 a.m. tremor was centered 8 miles (12 kilometers) southeast of Parkfield,...
Cash Ablaze: California Firefighters’ Overtime Costs Jump 65%
Due to large increases in wildfires across the state of California, the overtime costs for firefighters surged by 65% over the past decade, reports...
California Bans Insurers From Cancelling Fire Policies In Wildfire Zones
California passed temporary restrictions on Thursday banning insurers from declining or refusing to renew home-insurance policies for homeowners in certain wildfire-prone parts of the...
New Tectonic Fault Zone Cluster Found Off California Coast
A new cluster of tectonic faults has been discovered on the ocean floor off the coast of Santa Cruz. A recently published paper in...
Official Tsunami Inundation Maps for California
Maps by County
Below are listed links to Tsunami Inundation Maps by California County Compiled by the California Department of Conservation.Alameda County
Contra Costa County
Del Norte...
California Earthquake Fault Activity Map of California 2010
The California Department of Conservation has an excellent map of California Earthquake faults. See the bottom of this page for a link to...
The Great 1812 Santa Barbara Earthquake and Tsunami
An incredible history of the 1812 Santa Barbara earthquake and tsunami has been assemble here on the UCSB University of Santa Barbara website. The...
Tsunami Risks To Costal Marinas and Boat Docks
The California Department of Conservation has great information on Tsunami risks to coastal marinas.
Research indicates that a large tsunami from the Alaska-Aleutian Islands region...
Sources of Tsunamis That Might affect California
California Department of Conservation has additional information on California Tsunamis.
More than eighty tsunamis have been observed or recorded in California in historic times. Fortunately,...
Significant California Earthquakes 1700 – 2019
The California Department of Conservation has a consolidated listing of Significant California Earthquakes. The information below was sourced from https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Earthquakes/eq_chron.aspx
Below is...
List of Historic California Tsunamis: 1812 – 2012
The table below shows data from some of the tsunamis recorded in central and southern California from 1812 to 2012(Source: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/servlet/ShowDatasets).
DateSource...