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The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
TIME: July 21, 1952 / 4:52 am, PDT. LOCATION: 35° 00' N, 119° 02' W 37 km (23 miles) south of Bakersfield. MAGNITUDE: MW7.5. FAULT RUPTURED: White Wolf fault. MAXIMUM ELEVATION CHANGE: rise of about 1.3 meters (4 feet)
1 paź 2022 · In 1952, a place in Bakersfield California named Kern County expierenced a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. This Earthquake was one of the largest that has been recorded since it was felt throughout Nevada, Reno, and caused construction in Las Vegas to reinforce structural steel.
M 5.5 - The 1952 Bakersfield, California Earthquake. 1952-08-22 22:41:23 (UTC) 35.352°N 118.954°W. 6.0 km depth. This destructive earthquake is considered to be an aftershock of the 21 July 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake. Interactive Map.
21 lip 2022 · Seismic activity shook chandeliers and nerves for 33 long days that summer, culminating in what we remember today as the Bakersfield earthquake of August 22, 1952, the Tehachapi quake’s deadly bookend. What happened over that uncertain, nerve-testing 33-day stretch, and how did it change the face of Bakersfield?
26 lip 2022 · The most significant of the aftershocks was the M w 5.8 1952 Bakersfield earthquake, which occurred just a month after the main event on August 22, 1952. In this instance, the damage was confined to downtown Bakersfield.
21 sie 2022 · In 10 terrifying, violent seconds the Aug. 22, 1952, quake steered Bakersfield’s brick-and-mortar future in a dramatically different direction, leaving behind many fallen landmarks of the city’s past.
