4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mendocino County
A map from the USGS showing where the earthquake was located.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook the earth between Ukiah and Hopland this evening at 8:44 p.m., according to the United State Geological Society Earthquake tracker.
Initial maps indicate its epicenter was in the hills east of Highway 101 almost directly between Ukiah and Hopland.
Social medial users from Redwood Valley to Hopland are describing their experience feeling the quaking.
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Looks like right lateral movement on the Mayacamas Fault system.
This looks like right lateral movement on the Mayacamas Fault system. Part of a group of faults that help spread the strain of the San Andreas plate boundary across a wide area. Part of this stems from the geometry of placing a straight line – i.e., the San Andreas Fault – across the curved surface of the globe. The strain has to step over “en eschelon” to make it all work. Thus we have all these other major strike-slip faults along the west coast that make earthquakes and have also created some really nice valleys some folks call home.
Thanks for that info
Very strong. west of ukiah!
We are Westies too. Was long, and wooblie. Earthquakes hit different 9 beers into the evening
Thanks, Sam! Some great local information. Very much appreciated. Proves again that we need each other. We are better together.
**Take good care of yourself…
And don’t let people make you crazy.
It’s just not worth it.
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Felt it quite strongly in Lakeport. It was noisy, too.
I was in Washington mart when it happened