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The 1999 Hector Mine earthquake occurred in Southern California, United States, on October 16 at 02:46:50 PDT. Its moment magnitude was 7.1 and the earthquake was preceded by 12 foreshocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.8. The event is thought to have been triggered by the 1992 Landers earthquake which occurred seven years earlier ...
The 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series was the 16th season of the IndyCar Series and the 100th recognized season of American open-wheel motor racing.The season was sanctioned by IndyCar and was part of the Mazda Road to Indy.
The main shock was reportedly felt as far south as San Diego, and Tijuana, Mexico, [6] [7] and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada. [3] [8] It was the strongest earthquake to occur in the greater Los Angeles area since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. [7]
The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829.[9] [10] [11] Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, [4] including Rivera, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
The 1990 Upland earthquake occurred at 15:43:37 local time on February 28 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). This left-lateral strike-slip earthquake occurred west of the San Andreas Fault System and injured thirty people, with total losses of $ 12.7 million.
On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel.
Earthquake is a 1974 American ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by Mark Robson [2] and starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner.The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.