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A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
Photo: USGS
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A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
Photo: USGS
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Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
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Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
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Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
Three earthquakes near Hollister Central shook California Friday morning.
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A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
Photo: USGS
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LARGE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES:
San Francisco: April 18, 1906
Magnitude-7.9, 3,000 killed, $ 524 million in property damage
High temperature 62 degrees, low 51 degrees
Close-up view of refugees as they flee along Grove Street from the so-called 'Ham & Eggs' fire, San Francisco, California, April 18, 1906. This fire started in a house on the south side of Hayes Street when, around 9am, a woman attempted to make breakfast on her stove, the chimney for which had been damaged in the massive earthquake. This fire burned more fire, and the fire was spreading to Gough and Grove Streets, the Hayes Valley section, including the destruction of the Mission District. Mechanics Pavilion and the City Hall.
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LARGE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES:
San Francisco: April 18, 1906
Magnitude-7.9, 3,000 killed, $ 524 million in property damage
High temperature 62 degrees, low 51 degrees
Close-up view of refugees as they flee along
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Photo: PhotoQuest / Getty Images
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Fort Tejon: Jan. 9, 1857
Magnitude-7.9, 2 killed, 220-mile surface scar
Weather unknown
This aerial photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, shows a view of the southeastern surface of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain area of California. Elkhorn Road meets the fault of the photo. The magnitute-7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake in 1857 caused a horizontal shift of about 30 feet near this stretch of the fault. The Fort Tejon earthquake is the California earthquake. 225 miles of the San Andreas Fault and make rivers run backward, but leaving nothing like the cultural scar inflicted by the San Francisco Quake of 1906.
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Fort Tejon: Jan. 9, 1857
Magnitude-7.9, 2 killed, 220-mile surface scar
Weather unknown
This aerial photo provided by United States Geological Survey
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Photo: Scott Haefner, AP
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Owens Valley: March 26, 1872
Magnitude-7.8, 27 killed, three aftershocks of 6.25-plus
Weather unknown
Owens Valley: March 26, 1872
Magnitude-7.8, 27 killed, three aftershocks of 6.25-plus
Weather unknown
Photo: David Toussaint / Getty Images
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Kern County: July 21, 1952
Magnitude-7.5, 12 killed, three aftershocks of m-6-plus
High 99 degrees, low 67 degrees
Several buildings on this street in Tehachapi, Calif., Were damaged or destroyed after a predawn earthquake on July 21, 1952. The earthquake killed 11 people, nine of them children, injured dozens more and damaged or destroyed 75 buildings. The earth bucked for 45 seconds, an eternity for the 1,700 people of Tehachapi and the rest of the Antelope Valley. At the time, it was the deadliest temblor to rip through Southern California in a century.
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Kern County: July 21, 1952
Magnitude-7.5, 12 killed, three aftershocks of m-6-plus
High 99 degrees, low 67 degrees
Several buildings on this street in Tehachapi, Calif., Were damaged or destroyed after
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Photo: AP
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West of Eureka: Jan. 31, 1922
Magnitude-7.3, 37 miles offshore
High 44 degrees, low 35 degrees, .06 inches rain
The quake occurred along the Mendocino fault and was felt from Eugene, Ore., To S.F.
West of Eureka: Jan. 31, 1922
Magnitude-7.3, 37 miles offshore
High 44 degrees, low 35 degrees, .06 inches rain
The quake occurred along the Mendocino fault and was felt from Eugene, Ore., To S.F.
Photo: Ron Koeberer / Getty Images / Creative Aurora
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Southwest of Lompoc: Nov. 4, 1927
Magnitude-7.3, no major injuries, slight damage
High 44 degrees, low 35 degrees, .04 inches rain
The quake's epicenter was about 10 miles offshore from the town of Lompoc, known for its Mission La Purisima (pictured)
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Southwest of Lompoc: Nov. 4, 1927
Magnitude-7.3, no major injuries, slight damage
High 44 degrees, low 35 degrees, .04 inches rain
The quake's epicenter was about 10 miles offshore from the town of Lompoc,
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Photo: Richard Wong
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Landers: June 28, 1992
Magnitude-7.3, one killed, 400 injured, 6.5 aftershock
High 96 degrees, low 60 degrees
The land of the earth in the Mojave desert near Barstow marks the track of the 1992 Landers earthquake that made it difficult to land another decade and 12 miles away at Hector Mine. Photo by Helen Qian, special to the Chronicle
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Landers: June 28, 1992
Magnitude-7.3, one killed, 400 injured, 6.5 aftershock
High 96 degrees, low 60 degrees
The ruptured ground of this dry lake in the Mojave desert near Barstow marks the track of the
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Mendocino: Jan. 22, 1923
Magnitude-7.2, damaged homes in several towns
High 52 degrees, low 40 degrees
Mendocino: Jan. 22, 1923
Magnitude-7.2, damaged homes in several towns
High 52 degrees, low 40 degrees
Photo: Erin Kunkel
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West of Eureka: Nov. 8, 1980
Magnitude-7.2, injured six, $ 1.75 million in damage
High 63 degrees, low 51 degrees
Photo: USGS shake map for 1980 earthquake west of Eureka
West of Eureka: Nov. 8, 1980
Magnitude-7.2, injured six, $ 1.75 million in damage
High 63 degrees, low 51 degrees
Photo: USGS shake map for 1980 earthquake west of Eureka
Photo: USGS
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Cape Mendocino: April 25, 1992
Magnitude-7.2, M-6.5 and M-6.6 aftershocks
High 64 degrees, low 48 degrees
Photo: USGS map for Cape Mendocino quake of 1992
Cape Mendocino: April 25, 1992
Magnitude-7.2, M-6.5 and M-6.6 aftershocks
High 64 degrees, low 48 degrees
Photo: USGS map for Cape Mendocino quake of 1992
Photo: USGS
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Ludlow (Hector Mine Quake): Oct. 16, 1999
Magnitude-7.1, remote so minimal damage
High 90 degrees, low 54 degrees
United States Geological Survey Geologists Examines A Section Of The 25-Mile Lavic Lake Fault Exposed by Saturday's 7.1-magnitude Hector Earthquake Mine near Ludlow, Calif., On the Marine Twentynine Palms Base Monday, Oct. 18, 1999. (AP Photo / The Press-Enterprise, Mark Zaleski)
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Ludlow (Hector Mine Quake): Oct. 16, 1999
Magnitude-7.1, remote so minimal damage
High 90 degrees, low 54 degrees
United States Geological Survey Geologists reviews a section of the 25-mile Lavic Lake Fault
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El Centro: May 18, 1940
Magnitude-7.1, nine killed, $ 6 million in damage
High 94 degrees, low 62 degrees
Photo: The collapse of the 100,000 gallon water tank at Imperial.
El Centro: May 18, 1940
Magnitude-7.1, nine killed, $ 6 million in damage
High 94 degrees, low 62 degrees
Photo: The collapse of the 100,000 gallon water tank at Imperial.
Photo: U.S.C.G.S
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Loma Prieta: Oct. 17, 1989
Magnitude-6.9
High 83 degrees, low 53 degrees
Photo: John and Freda Tranbarger stand by Loma Prieta earthquake struck. They live near the epicenter in the Santa Cruz mountains. Loma Prieta Earthquake.
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Loma Prieta: Oct. 17, 1989
Magnitude-6.9
High 83 degrees, low 53 degrees
Photo: John and Freda Tranbarger stand by Loma Prieta earthquake struck. They
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Photo: Deanne Fitzmaurice, The Chronicle
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Northridge: Jan. 17, 1994Magnitude-6.7
, 57 killed, $ 13- $ 44 billion damage
High 82 degrees, low 48 degrees
Photo: The Northridge Meadows Apartments is shown in this Feb. 16, 1994, file photo after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake centered in the Northridge section of Los Angeles Jan. 17, 1994. Of the dozens of people killed by the Los Angeles quake, the most deaths in any one place, 16, came to the complex at the quake's epicenter. What remained of the apartments were razed and replaced with a new residential complex. (AP Photo / Nick Ut)
Ray Hudson watches a friend's home in Sylmar (Los Angeles County) following the Northridge earthquake 10 years ago.
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Northridge: Jan. 17, 1994
Magnitude-6.7
, 57 killed, $ 13- $ 44 billion damage
High 82 degrees, low 48 degrees
Photo: The Northridge Meadows Apartments is shown in this Feb. 16, 1994, file photo after a
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Photo: Nick Ut, AP
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Napa: Aug. 24, 2014
Magnitude-6.0, $ 362 million- $ 1 billion, 1 killed
High 83 degrees, low 56 degrees
Destroyed and smoldering in a mobile home park that caught fire after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake caused substantial damage around 3:20 am on Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. Centered about six miles south of Napa, the quake
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Napa: Aug. 24, 2014
Magnitude-6.0, $ 362 million- $ 1 billion, 1 killed
High 83 degrees, low 56 degrees
Destroyed and smoldering in a mobile home park that caught fire after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake
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Photo: JIM WILSON, New York Times
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A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
A series of small quakes struck Salinas early Friday morning.
Photo: USGS
20 aftershocks follow 4.1 earthquake in Central California near Salinas
The ground came alive in the Salinas Valley Friday morning.
The United States Geological Survey recorded more than 20 earthquakes in Central California along with the San Andreas Fault Friday morning.
Within a range of five hours, 21 quakes with magnitudes of 1.0 and above, Salinas and Hollister.
The cluster began with a magnitude 4.1 striking 12 miles from Hollister and 19 miles from Salinas at 4:58 a.m. at a depth of .6 miles. Multiple aftershocks followed, including temblors with magnitudes of 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6, all in the same area.
"These earthquakes are in an area where this is completely expected," says Brian Kilgore, a geophysicist with the USGS office in Menlo Park. "These are all located along the San Andreas Fault system. It's known as the creeping section so it's always at a low level of seismic activity. Nothing unexpected or unusual. "
Kilgore says the series can not provide information on a larger earthquake event can not predict these events.
"The bad news is we live in earthquake country," he says. "The good news is these earthquakes are a large earthquake is not a matter of if, but when."
ALSO, 'Earthquake weather' talk will not die even though seismologists find cracks in the theory
There was no doubt about it, but the USGS said the following was the case: Hollister followed by Salinas, Gonzales, Monterey, Carmel Valley and Santa Cruz.
Residents in the area took to Twitter to report the shaker.
"my coworkers were texting in our ga at 6am because we had just had an earthquake and their texts woke me up and then …" wrote @flickernouis.
"Why am I awake !? Oh yeah .. the earthquake woke me up.I swear I jinxed California by saying we do not get any anymore, and ALL OF A SUDDEN it keeps happening," chimed in @ivheather.
See the latest USGS quake alerts, earthquake activity report and interactive earthquake section.
