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Garage under a home at Jackson Oaks. This type of construction is often damaged during earthquakes; the weight is located over the open garage area which usually has few vertical supports. The cracking around the garage door shown here was typical of damage in this quake. Cracking caused by lateral spreading is visible on the driveway in front of the home. Image Credit: Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project April 24, 1984 Morgan Hill USA earthquake This magnitude 6.2 earthquake caused $30 million in property damage in northern California. The epicenter of the quake was located near Mount Hamilton in the Diablo Range of the California Coast Ranges. The earthquake was felt over an area of 120,000 square kilometers in California and western Nevada. Event Data:
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