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1983 Coalinga earthquake

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437: 428: 42: 528: 27: 105: 49: 63: 77: 91: 857: 478:, surface facilities such as pumping units, storage tanks, pipelines, and support buildings were all damaged to some degree. One oil company administration building, about 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Coalinga, sustained major structural damage, and its two brick chimneys were toppled. Subsurface damage, including collapsed or parted 725: 470:
All public utilities were damaged, but the water system continued to function despite many leaks in its transmission piping. Gas was shut off for several days because of broken piping and leaks, but only temporary interruptions of electric and telephone services were reported. One large section of
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The Coalinga earthquake suggested to geologists that the state of California was in worse seismological danger than had been thought. The pace of earthquake activity along the Pacific coast was identified as a relevant subject for further study, and the investigation of earthquakes stemming from
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The California Seismic Safety Commission investigated the temblor, provided funding and expert technical assistance for planning and reconstruction and published a report on the quake. Coalinga recovered 98 percent of its expenses in repairing and rebuilding public buildings at a time when an 85
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listed the following statistics on damage in the area: almost destroyed – 309 single-family houses and 33 apartment buildings; major damage – 558 single-family houses, 94 mobile homes, and 39 apartment buildings; and minor damage – 811 single-family houses, 22 mobile homes, and 70 apartment
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as far as 34 km (21 mi) northwest, 15 km (9.3 mi) south, and 26 km (16 mi) southwest of the epicenter. Only a few slope failures occurred east of the epicenter because of the absence of steep slopes in that
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northeast of Coalinga, but surface faulting was not observed. Ground and aerial reconnaissance immediately after the quake revealed ground cracks and fissures within about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) of the
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buildings. Most public buildings, including the City Hall, hospital, schools, fire house, post office, and police station, sustained only minor damage.
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and the Guarantee Savings and Loan, sustained only superficial damage. The most significant damage outside the Coalinga area was at
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quake would do far more damage than this one and that if it struck in a densely populated area the damage would be incalculable.
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Senate Bill No. 1278 Chapter 532 An act to amend Sections of the Government Code relating to the Seismic Safety Commission.
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Six bridges of 60 in the area sustained measurable structural damage, which consisted of hairline cracks and
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were recorded through July 31, of which 894 had a magnitude of 2.5 or larger. It measured 6.2 on the
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old concrete sewerage west of the downtown area partly collapsed but continued to function.
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The earthquake caused an estimated $ 10 million in property damage (according to the
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Associated Press, "Coalinga Earthquake: It Might Have Been Worse Somewhere Else",
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unknown faults caused concern. California officials said that a predicted
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The 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquakes, CDMG Special Publication 66
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at the top of the support columns, fracturing and displacement of
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USGS ShakeMaps for the mainshock (left) and the July 22 aftershock
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The Coalinga Anticline and the Coalinga Earthquake of 1983
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struck at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2 of that year, in
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised)
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(1993), 671: 669: 667: 665: 663: 661: 659: 657: 490:The earthquake triggered thousands of 1476: 1055: 896: 691: 612: 588: 2287:History of Fresno County, California 726:Coalinga – The town the quake built. 582: 782:; Schulz, S.; Brown, B. D. (1983), 654: 48: 13: 879:International Seismological Centre 841: 687:from the original on 26 June 2008. 62: 14: 2313: 2292:History of the San Joaquin Valley 871: 547:List of earthquakes in California 485: 1504:Earthquakes in the United States 860: This article incorporates 855: 526: 435: 426: 103: 89: 76: 75: 61: 47: 40: 866:United States Geological Survey 754:Lindsey, Robert (May 4, 1983). 747: 681:United States Geological Survey 268: 731: 712: 639: 627: 90: 1: 557: 414:A disaster assessment by the 373: 850:– San Joaquin Valley Geology 502: 334:The shock was felt from the 7: 542:List of earthquakes in 1983 519: 10: 2318: 2297:Buried rupture earthquakes 728:Section: Telegraph; p. 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1983 Coalinga earthquake is located in California
UTC
ISC
575305
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
36°14′N 120°19′W / 36.23°N 120.31°W / 36.23; -120.31
Blind thrust
Central California
MMI VIII (Severe)
Mw
Coalinga, California
Greater Los Angeles Area
Susanville
Lassen County
Pacific Coast
Nevada
aftershocks
moment magnitude scale
Mercalli intensity
uplift
anticline ridge
epicenter
American Red Cross
Bank of America
Avenal
American Red Cross

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