|
Socyberty > Tags > california
|
 |
california |
|
|
 | | Earthquake in Owens Valley, California | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | The town of Lone Pine, California, was hit with an earthquake of magnitude 7.4. This earthquake destroyed a seventy-mile fault line and killed twenty-seven. Although one of the largest quakes in California’s history the death toll was small because there were few people living here in 1872. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 1 |
|
 | | Fort Tejon, California, Earthquake | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | California’s most powerful earthquake ever struck Fort Tejon, a place near the San Andreas Fault. The quake’s epicenter was some distance north of Fort Tejon and the scar it left alongside the San Andreas Fault was two hundred miles long. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
|
 | | West Ventura, California, Earthquake | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | December 12, 1812 Epicenter of the quake was offshore, west of Santa Barbara An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck western Ventura, including Santa Barbara. Extensive damage was done to the lightly-constructed Catholic missions in and around Santa Barbara. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
|
 | | A Night at the Rock | | by Kelly Saunders, Jul 28, 2008 | | Alcatraz Island in San Francisco is one of the most celebrated maximum-security prisons in the world. Surrounded by water and almost impossible to escape, the history behind this prison is captivating. Travel enthusiast and photographer, Kelly N. Saunders, takes you on a journey inside the sinister prison walls. | | Comments(4) Liked It: 21 |
|
|
