The 1973 Point Mugu earthquake occurred at on February 21 in the
Point Mugu
Point Mugu (, Chumash: ''Muwu'') is a cape or promontory within Point Mugu State Park on the Pacific Coast in Ventura County, near the city of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term ...
area of southeastern
Ventura County of
southern
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California
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. It had a
moment magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum
Mercalli Intensity of VII (''Very strong''). This oblique-slip shock resulted in several injuries and
$1 million in damage. The
epicenter was near the
Oxnard Plain
The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California, United States surrounded by the mountains of the Transverse ranges. The cities of Oxnard, Camarillo, Port Hueneme and much of Ventura as well as the unincorpora ...
and the northern terminus of the
Santa Monica Mountains, in the
California South Coast region.
Intensity
At the most extreme points of its perceptibility along the coast, it was felt between intensity I and III (''Not felt – Weak'') at
San Luis Obispo in the north and
San Diego
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in the south. Inland, it was felt at
McFarland in the central valley and
Cantil in the western Mojave Desert, and to the southeast in
Palm Springs.
See also
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List of earthquakes in 1973
This is a list of earthquakes in 1973. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the ...
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List of earthquakes in California
The earliest known California earthquake was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles ...
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Point Mugu State Park
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