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M6.5 earthquake, California Earthquake, 1947-04-10

MagnitudeM6.5mw

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Depth6 km

Time (UTC)1947-04-10 15:58

Rank in 194730 / 83among M6+

Rank since 19004207 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

The 1947 Manix, California Earthquake · 34.98, -116.53

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1952 M7.5M7.5

1992 M7.3M7.3

1999 M7.1M7.1

2019 M7.1M7.1

1940 M6.9M6.9

1918 M6.7M6.7

1994 M6.7M6.7

1942 M6.6M6.6

1968 M6.6M6.6

1971 M6.6M6.6

1987 M6.6M6.6

1947 M6.5M6.5

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.3 1946-03-15	1946-03-15 13:49	6 km	The 1946 Walker Pass, California Earthquake
M6.6 1942-10-21	1942-10-21 16:22	6 km	The 1942 Fish Creek Mountains, California Earthquake
M6.9 1940-05-19	1940-05-19 04:36	6 km	The 1940 Imperial Valley, California Earthquake
M6.0 1937-03-25	1937-03-25 16:49	6 km	16km WSW of Oasis, CA
M6.4 1933-03-11	1933-03-11 01:54	6 km	The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake
M6.2 1923-07-23	1923-07-23 07:30	5 km	3 km SE of San Bernardino, California
M6.7 1918-04-21	1918-04-21 22:32	10 km	The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake
M6.0 1915-06-23	1915-06-23 03:59	–	The 1915 Imperial Valley, California Earthquakes (First Major Event)
M6.0 1910-05-15	1910-05-15 15:47	–	The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake
M6.0 1908-11-04	1908-11-04 08:37	–	Death Valley area, California

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.