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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.
21 sie 2022 · When the Bakersfield earthquake of Aug. 22, 1952, shook this bustling oil and ag town – already emotionally reeling and structurally weakened by a month of aftershocks from the July 21, 1952, Tehachapi earthquake – it created winners and losers.
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.
21 lip 2022 · Houses shook, roads split, lives were turned upside down. The third strongest earthquake in recorded California history – then or since – changed Bakersfield and Kern County in ways no political movement or economic calamity ever could. 33 days of terror and uncertainty had begun.
26 lip 2022 · The Mw 7.3 1952 Kern County earthquake was one of California’s biggest earthquakes to date. Seventy years after the main event on July 21st, 1952, it has been forgotten by many, but still remains a significant event in the history of seismology.
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.
