temblor

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The largest was a magnitude 4.0 temblor at 3:30 p.m., which was followed eight minutes later by a magnitude 3.1 temblor, then at 4:04 p.m. by a magnitude 3.4 earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

The most recent large temblor on the Calaveras fault occurred in 1984, the magnitude 6.2 Morgan Hill earthquake, and resulted in at least 21 injuries and millions of dollars in damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The ShakeAlert computer system that warns about the imminent arrival of shaking from earthquakes sent out a false alarm Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor in Carson City, Nev., that did not actually happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Monday evening’s earthquake was the second temblor of magnitude 3 or greater to occur near the San Andreas Fault on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

Then the earth steadied again, leaving only a mild temblor that soon vanished.

From The Flaming Mountain by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)