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Earthquakes In Divers Places
Two Earthquakes Hit Off California Coast
By Mark Dunphy - Sat Jun 18, 12:38 pm
Two earthquakes struck off the northern coast of California early
Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The strongest quake, magnitude 4.8, was measured at a depth of
10.1km and was located 216 km (134 miles) west of Brookings,
Oregon, and 222 km (137 miles) west of Crescent City, California.
The quake struck at 2.49am local time or 11.49 a.m. (GMT).
It was preceded just eight minutes earlier by an earthquake
measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale. The first quake struck 204 km
(126 miles) westsouthwest from Gold Beach, Oregon.
Much of California is located along the San Andreas Fault, the
sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American
Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the
Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the
Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are
situated on the North American Plate.