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This garage slid downhill due to shaking in Rio Dell, California (population 2,900). The garage extended out over the north bank of the Eel River. The garage was supported by a framework of wooden stilts. The stilts collapsed and the garage fell backwards from street level. Other buildings in the neighborhood had similar damage, but the damage was not as severe or as impressive. A total of twelve homes in Rio Dell were destroyed, and 57 were severely damaged. On Main Street, fifteen out of twenty of the older one- and two-story buildings incurred damage such as broken glass, fallen bricks, and cracked plaster. Buildings shifted as much as two feet from their pre-earthquake positions. The earthquake broke water mains and sewer pipes, and interrupted telephone, gas and electricity services. The total earthquake damage in Rio Dell was estimated at $8 million. Image Credit: Lindie Brewer. U.S. Geological Survey April 25, 1992 Cape Mendocino USA earthquake On April 25, 1992 at 11:06 am local time (April 25 at 18:06 GMT), a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in the Cape Mendocino area. Two additional earthquakes, magnitudes 6.6 and 6.7 occurred the next morning (April 26 at 00:41 and 04:18 am local time). The first earthquake was located six miles north of Petrolia, California, in a sparsely populated part of southwestern Humboldt County. Five small communities were located within a 50-mile radius of these events: Honeydew, Petrolia, Rio Dell, Scotia, and Ferndale. Event Data:
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