BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Yesterday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake was the largest quake to strike the Mendocino Fracture Zone, according to Dr. Matt Herman from Cal State University Bakersfield.
Big quakes are common in the area around the Mendocino triple junction, the Geological Survey said. “In the past century, there have been at least 40 other earthquakes of M6 or larger,” within ...