🛫REVELATION 12🛫 ON:"SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA SONOMA COUNTY EARTHQUAKES

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1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes

At 04:56 and 06:19 UTC on October 2, 1969 (21:56 and 23:19 PDT October 1), a pair of earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7, respectively, struck the city of Santa Rosa, California, killing one person and damaging buildings. The maximum felt intensity for the two events was VII (Very strong) and VIII (Severe) respectively on the Mercalli intensity scale.^[2] The $8.35 million cost of the earthquakes^[3] went mostly to replace buildings damaged beyond repair. There were at least 200 aftershocks after the initial pair of earthquakes. At the time they were the largest earthquakes to affect the northern San Francisco Bay Area since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.^[4]

1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes

Santa Rosa
UTC time
	1969-10-02 04:56
	1969-10-02 06:19
ISC event	n/a
USGS-ANSS	n/a
Local date	October 1, 1969
Local time
Magnitude	5.6 and 5.7 Mw
Depth	9.6 km and 10.4 km
Epicenter	38.467°N 122.692°W[1]
Areas affected	United States (Santa Rosa)
Max. intensity	VII (Very strong)
Aftershocks	Yes
Casualties	1

Geological structures near Santa Rosa, showing the epicenters of the 1969 earthquakes

Tectonic setting

Earthquake

Damage

Aftermath

See also

References

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