Cape Mendocino Earthquakes, Calif., 1992
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Name (Latin)
Cape Mendocino Earthquakes, Calif., 1992
Other forms of name
Cape Mendocino Earthquake, Calif., 1992
Cape Mendocino Earthquake Sequence, Calif., 1992
Cape Mendocino/Petrolia Earthquakes, Calif., 1992
Ferndale Earthquake, Calif., 1992
Lost Coast Earthquake, Calif., 1992
Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquake, Calif., 1992
Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquakes, Calif., 1992
Petrolia Earthquake, Calif., 1992
Petrolia Earthquake Sequence, Calif., 1992
Petrolia Earthquakes, Calif., 1992
Coordinates
-124.23 -124.23 40.33 40.33 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Earthquakes California
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4587573
Library of congress:
sh2005020476
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Carver, D. Digital recordings of aftershocks of the April 25 and 26, 1992, Cape Mendocino, California, earthquakes, 1993.
- Cape Mendocino Earthquake, via WWW, July 12, 2005(Cape Mendocino, 1992. This earthquake was followed by aftershocks registering up to 6.6 magnitude. Magnitude: 7.2. Deaths: 0. Injuries: 356. Damage: $48.3 million)
- The Cape Mendocino earthquakes of April 25-26, 1992, via WWW, July 12, 2005(On April 25, 1992, at 11:06 A.M. a magnitude 7.1 main shock near Petrolia, California, initiated a series of shocks in the Cape Mendocino area. Two additional shocks of magnitudes 6.6 and 6.7 occurred the next morning; first shock located 6 miles north of Petrolia; 2nd and 3rd earthquakes were located offshore, about 16 miles west of the first earthquake)
- Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquakes uncorrected data, via USGS National Strong-Motion Program website, July 12, 2005(Event Name: Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquake, Event Date: 4/25/1992 18:06 UTC (11:06 am PDT); Event Name: Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquake, Event Date: 4/26/1992 07:41 UTC (00:41 am PDT); Event Name: Petrolia/Cape Mendocino Earthquake, Event Date: 4/26/1992 11:18 UTC (04:18 am PDT))
- Coastal uplift associated with the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquake, northern California, 1994, via WWW, July 12, 2005:abstr. (The April 25, 1992, Cape Mendocino earthquake (Ms 7.1))
- Recent earthquakes on California's North Coast, via WWW, July 12, 2005(4/25/92 - Cape Mendocino earthquake (also called the Petrolia, Ferndale or Lost Coast earthquake: 11:06 am PDT, magnitude 7.1, located onshore near Petrolia at a depth of about 7 miles beneath the earth's surface.) The mainshock was followed by two magnitude 6.6 aftershocks within 18 hours (4/26, 12:41 am and 4:18 am PDT). The aftershocks were both intraplate Gorda earthquakes located about 15 miles offshore of Cape Mendocino at depths on the order of 13 miles)
- Seismo-Watch website, July 12, 2005(Cape Mendocino M 7.1, M 6.6, and M 6.7 Earthquakes. On April 25-26, 1992, three strong earthquakes struck the Cape Mendocino region of Northern California; sequence began at 11:06 a.m. on April 25 with a powerful M 7.1 mainshock centered beneath the mountains a couple miles northwest of Petrolia at a depth of 10 km. Strong aftershocks measuring M 6.6 and M 6.7 occurred at 12:41 a.m. and 4:18 a.m. the following morning about 14 miles off the coast.)
- On shaky ground 2 recent, via WWW, July 12, 2005(The Cape Mendocino Earthquake Sequence (also called the Petrolia, Ferndale or Lost Coast earthquake): April 25, 1992, 11:06 a.m. PDT, magnitude 7.1; April 26, 12:41 a.m. PDT, magnitude 6.6; 4:18 a.m. PDT, magnitude 6.7)
- Earth science hands-on learning activities and lesson plans, via WWW, July 12, 2005:shake table/Ferndale, California, 1992 (1992 Ferndale Earthquake)
- Petrolia Earthquake Sequence, via WWW, July 12, 2005(the April 25, 1992, Petrolia earthquake sequence; mainshock (Ms=7.1) was followed by two separate and distinct large aftershocks (Ms = 6.6 for both) occurring at 07:41 and 11:41 on April 26, as well as thousands of other small aftershocks)
- Performance of the Eel River Bridge in the Petrolia Earthquakes of April 25-26, 1992, via WWW, July 12, 2005
- Learning from earthquakes, via Earthquake Engineering Research Inst. website, July 12, 2005:USA (April 25-56, 1992, Cape Mendocino, California, M 7.0)
- Stevens, J.L. Simulation of strong ground motion from the 1992 Cape Mendocino/Petrolia Earthquakes, 1995.