1932 Eureka earthquake

Earthquake in California 1932 Eureka earthquake USA West USA Region West landcover location map.jpg USA West 40.73 -124.21 Bullseye1.png 40 yes 250 right 1932-06-06 08:44:26 906203 iscgem906203 1932 06 06 00:44:26 6.4 w y 15 km on flip 40.73 -124.21 region:US_type:event inline,title Unknown North Coast (California) United States VIII One dead, three injured The 1932 Eureka earthquake occurred on June 6 at 00:44:26 local time 08:44:26 UTC along the northern coastal area of California in the United States. With a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), this earthquake left one person dead from a falling chimney and several injured. The shock was the largest in the area since 1923 and was felt in southern Oregon and northern California. Tectonic setting Convergent boundary Mid-ocean ridge Near Cape Mendocino, the Mendocino triple junction is an area of active seismicity where three tectonic plates come together. The Mendocino fracture zone (also known as the Mendocino Fault east of the Gorda Ridge) is a transform fault that separates the Pacific and Gorda plates. To the south, the relative motion between the Pacific plate and North American plate is accommodated by the San Andreas Fault, and to the north, the Gorda plate is converging with the North American plate at the Cascadia subduction zone.Seismicity of California's North Coast http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/content/90/4/797.abstract W. H. Bakun 2000 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 90 4 797–812 2000BuSSA..90..797B 10.1785/0119990138 subscription See also List of earthquakes in 1932 List of earthquakes in California List of earthquakes in the United States References One Dead, Three Hurt in Eureka Earthquake Woodland Democrat June 6, 1932 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2012) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2016 International Seismological Centre Version 3.0 Stover C. W. Coffman J. L. Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised) – U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527 https://books.google.com/books?id=bY0KAQAAIAAJ 1993 United States Government Printing Office 78, 129, 130 External links M 6.4 – Northern California – United States Geological Survey 906203 Category:1932 earthquakes Category:June 1932 in the United States Category:Earthquakes in California Category:History of Humboldt County, California