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History of Eureka


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olia and nearly 50 miles (80 km) west of Eureka. The shaking was felt within a 150-mile (240 km) radius, as far north as southern Oregon and as far south as Sonoma County.

The area regularly experiences large earthquakes. The largest recorded from the area was 7.2 magnitude on November 8, 1980. The January 2010 event was the largest recent earthquake since the April 25–26, 1992 event series of magnitudes 7.2, 6.5, and 6.7, which over an 18-hour period severely damaged some, buildings and roads, as well as causing a fire which demolished most of the business district of Scotia

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