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FROM Earthquake Notes of December, 1941, we learn that a severe earthquake occurred at Santa Barbara, California, at 11.51 p.m. P.S.T. on June 30, 1941. This was followed by a swarm of aftershocks which continued for several days. Shocks of any consequence ceased to occur at about noon on July 3, but three shocks were reported on this date. A preliminary report from the seismological laboratory at Pasadena gives the epicentre location as 34° 20' N., 119° 35' W. This position is about eight miles off shore in a south-easterly direction from Santa Barbara. Damage was estimated at about 150,000 dollars. Maximum intensity was about VII or VIII on the modified Mercalli scale. Accelerograph records of this shock were obtained at Santa Barbara, Long Beach and Vernon. The record obtained at Santa Barbara is being analysed by integration methods and the results are expected later.
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Earthquake at Santa Barbara, California. Nature 149, 299 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149299a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149299a0