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 ...

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 ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit off the Northern California coast didn’t produce a significant tsunami, but it struck a region likely to see a devastating tsunami one day — a reminder of ...