The quake ruptured in the Mendocino fault zone, at the intersection of three tectonic plates: the Pacific, North American and Juan de Fuca plates. “This is the exact point where the Cascadia ...

It’s believed to have occurred along the seismically active Mendocino Fault, which sits in an area where three tectonic plates converge, sometimes called the Mendocino Triple Junction.

The largest U.S. quake was in our own backyard, the M7.0 Mendocino fault earthquake on Dec. 5. A magnitude 7 earthquake is quite capable of producing major damage depending on its location ...

2025 The earthquake struck on the San Andreas Fault, which runs from the Cape Mendocino region north of the Bay Area to Baja California, Mexico. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in October ...

from its origin north of Los Angeles to its current location beneath Mendocino County, lengthening the famous San Andreas Fault in its wake. The Cordelia Fault, an eastern offshoot of the San Andreas ...

A moderate earthquake with an epicenter in Lake County gave portions of Northern California a new year’s rattle, according to seismologists. The earthquake occurred at 6:34 p.m. Pacific time and ...

The earthquake struck on the San Andreas Fault, which runs from the Cape Mendocino region north of the Bay Area to Baja California, Mexico. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in October 1989 was ...