|
|magnitude = 7.3 Mw |depth = |location = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.data.scec.org/significant/landers1992.html )〕 |type = Strike-slip |intensity = IX (''Violent'') |countries affected = Southern California United States |foreshocks = 6.1 Mw April 23 at 4:51 〔 |aftershocks = |casualties = 3 killed 400+ injured }} The 1992 Landers earthquake occurred on June 28 with an epicenter near the town of Landers, California. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.3 and was the largest earthquake to have occurred in the contiguous United States in 40 years. ==Earthquake== At 4:57 a.m. local time (11:57 UTC) on June 28, 1992, a large M7.3 earthquake awoke much of Southern California. Though it turned out it was not the so-called "Big One" as many people would think, it was still a very strong earthquake. The shaking lasted for two to three minutes. Although this earthquake was much more powerful than the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the damage and loss of life were minimized by its location in the sparsely-populated Mojave Desert. The earthquake was a right-lateral strike-slip event, and involved the rupture of several different faults over a length of .〔 The names of those that were involved are the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo (also known as Landers), Homestead Valley, Homestead/Emerson, Emerson Valley and Camp Rock faults.〔〔 The surface rupture extended for , with a maximum horizontal displacement of and a maximum vertical displacement of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Comments for the Significant Earthquake )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1992 Landers earthquake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|