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Ferndale, California (population 1,450). The brick facade from the Valley Grocery collapsed and smashed two cars. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the facade of the same grocery fell, killing two cows! The grocery was the only all-masonry building on Main Street. Thirty-six homes in Ferndale were damaged. Foundations collapsed under at least a dozen homes; there was sporadic fracturing of water lines. Forty businesses (80% of the total) were damaged in the four-block business district. Utilities were also interrupted. Losses in Ferndale were estimated at $10.4 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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