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06-22-2017, 06:15 AM
The USGS sent SoCal a quake alert on Wednesday for a tremor that actually occurred in 1925
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A powerful and deadly earthquake struck the coastal California city of Santa Barbara back on June 29, 1925. More than a dozen people died and $8 million in damage was reported (http://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/santabarbara1925.html) in the historic quake, which had a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale.
Flash-forward almost 92 years and a quake with the same magnitude and with the same epicenter was reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Wednesday.*
Only this latest event was a false alarm — a database aftershock to be more precise — of the 1925 event.
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A powerful and deadly earthquake struck the coastal California city of Santa Barbara back on June 29, 1925. More than a dozen people died and $8 million in damage was reported (http://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/santabarbara1925.html) in the historic quake, which had a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale.
Flash-forward almost 92 years and a quake with the same magnitude and with the same epicenter was reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Wednesday.*
Only this latest event was a false alarm — a database aftershock to be more precise — of the 1925 event.
SEE ALSO: Facebook updates Safety Check to make the tool more personal and informative (http://mashable.com/2017/06/14/facebook-safety-check-fundraisers/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/santa-barbara-earthquake-usgs-false-alarm/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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