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An exceptional Santa Ana wind event reaching hurricane-force in some locations in southern California, United States, cause multiple power outages and wildfire outbreaks, including a rapidly-spreading >2,900 acre wildfire in Los Angeles County which causes several burn injuries and forces 30,000 people to evacuate.
2025-01-7

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore near the northern coast of California, United States.
2024-12-5

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northwestern New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the East Coast of the United States.
2024-04-5

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Alaska, with at least two strong aftershocks (6.2 and 5.6) and prompting tsunami warnings. It is the strongest earthquake to hit the United States since the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake, which also occurred off the Alaskan coast.
2021-07-28

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Borrego Springs, Southern California. The Los Angeles County Fire Department and Riverside County Sheriff's Department say they have received no reports of serious damage.
2016-06-10

An earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 6.0 hits Kobe, Japan, injuring at least 22 people.
2013-04-13

2013 Nantou earthquake: At least one person is killed and 19 others are injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Taipei, Taiwan, causing a fire and shaking buildings.
2013-03-27

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Tokyo, Japan, with no injuries reported.
2013-02-25

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
2013-02-16

Several hundred earthquakes hit Southern California, with the largest one measuring 5.5 on the Richter magnitude scale near San Diego.
2012-08-26