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North San Jacinto Fault Earthquake | ||||
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TIME July 22, 1923 / 11:28 pm, PST LOCATION 34° 00' N, 117° 15' W 11 km (7 miles) south of San Bernardino about 88 km (55 miles) east of Los Angeles MAGNITUDE ML6.3 TYPE OF FAULTING right-lateral strike-slip FAULT INVOLVED: San Jacinto fault
Damage from this quake, which awoke sleepers across southern California,
was greatest in San Bernardino and Redlands, though it consisted
primarily of minor damage -- chimneys thrown down, broken windows, and
the like. Two people were critically injured, but no one was killed.
Those buildings which sustained significant damage in the shaking were
generally of poor construction. The San Bernardino County Hospital and
the Hall of Records were badly damaged. Probably the greatest damage occur\
red
at the State Hospital at Patton, about two miles from the epicenter.
Trees fell in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains.
In Los Angeles, damage was slight. The shaking was felt as far away as
Needles and Santa Barbara.
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Damage to a store-front in Redlands. |
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