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2022 Ferndale Earthquake
On December 20, 2022, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Ferndale, California in Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, United States at 10:34:25 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, or 2:34 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, PST. Tectonic setting Much of Northern California lies close to the boundaries between three tectonic plates, the Pacific Plate, the Gorda Plate and the North American Plate, which meet at the Mendocino Triple Junction. The Mendocino Fracture Zone marks the transform fault, transform boundary between the Gorda and Pacific plates. This tectonic boundary has been the cause of many earthquakes in the region, including the Megathrust earthquake, megathrust 1700 Cascadia earthquake, and the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes, the latter of which measured 7.2. Earthquake The earthquake measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). It came exactly a year after a 6.2 magnitude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the Pacific Time Zone. Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as Pacific Standard Time (PST) when standard time is being observed (early November to mid-March), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the ''Zona Noroeste'' (Northwest Zone) and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S. and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is also the largest in the time zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Hawaii–Aleut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
