Strong quakes on three of California's most feared faults:1800, San Jacinto fault, magnitude 7.2: Damaged walls at missions in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano1812, Southern San Andreas and parts of San Jacinto fault, magnitude 7.5: Destroyed the Great Stone Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano, killing more than 40 people attending Mass1838, Northern San Andreas fault, magnitude 7.4: Damage reports from San Francisco to Santa Clara, fault likely ruptured between Woodside on the peninsula south of San Francisco to Watsonville1857, Southern San Andreas fault, magnitude 7.8: Ruptured fault from southernmost Monterey County to Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County; damage reported from Monterey County to Los Angeles County1868, Hayward fault, magnitude 7.0: 30 dead, causing $350,000 in property damage in the Bay Area1890, Northern San Andreas fault, magnitude 6.8: East of Watsonville; damage was reported in San Benito and Santa Cruz counties1906, Northern San Andreas fault, magnitude 7.8: Great San Francisco earthquake; the San Andreas produced shaking waves from a long stretch of the fault, from Mendocino County to San Benito County. Experts estimate more than 3,000 deaths were caused, directly or indirectly, by the earthquake1918, San Jacinto fault, magnitude 6.5: Ruptured the fault southeast of Hemet in Riverside CountySource: U.S. Geological Survey, California Geological Survey

Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2019 16:01 UTC