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Plate Tectonics of Southern California




One of the factors that has greatly influenced Southern California is earthquake activity.

As you can see most of these faults run north to south, similar to the Peninsular mountains.


Major 20th Century California Earthquakes
Location Date Magnitude
Northridge Jan. 17, 1994 6.6
Big Bear June 28, 1992 6.3
Landers June 28, 1992 7.4
Loma Prieta Oct. 17, 1989 7.1
Whittier Narrows Oct. 1, 1987 5.9
Sylmar Feb. 9, 1971 6.4
Long Beach Mar. 10, 1933 6.3
Lompoc June 29, 1925 6.3
San Francisco April 18, 1906 8.3

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