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Big Sur: Landslide shuts Highway 1 near Bixby Bridge Big Sur: Landslide shuts Highway 1 near Bixby Bridge. Here’s an alert for motorists headed to the Big Sur area in Central California: California Highway 1 is shut down for about two miles between the historic Bixby Bridge on the south (about 13 miles south of Carmel) and Palo Colorado Road on the north because of a landslide. Detours can take hours.
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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred in Northern California on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Texas The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is popularly nicknamed the World Series Quake because it occurred during the World Series, which happened to match up the Bay Area's two Major League Baseball teams.
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Landslides The California Landslide Inventory. The California Geological Survey (CGS) is in the process of digitizing maps of landslides and has prepared a statewide landslide map database that is available online. The database shows many of the landslides mapped by CGS and others over the past 50 years. Mapping of landslides reflects the standards of the project and time the map was prepared.
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- Dry Falls. The Columbia Plateau is a vast region of horizontal basalt flows covering the eastern part of Washington and Oregon and a corner of northeastern California (where it is known as the Modoc Plateau. The lavas erupted between 17 and 6 million years ago.
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Crack Mysteriously Appears in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains Oct 30 2015 12:00 AM EDT. weather.com. Wandering a private ranch in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, a group of hunters recently came across an unexpected scene – an enormous split in the land that’s been referred to as a miniature Grand Canyon. The split is 750 yards long and 50 yards wide, according to Grind TV.
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- News-October 16, 2015; 12:50 AM ET. Rescue efforts are underway in Southern California, as heavy rains on Thursday triggered flash flooding and mudslides, leaving motorists stranded and major roadways shut down in Los Angeles County.
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- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area early Sunday morning, centered in the Napa County town of American Canyon, but felt across Northern California. The quake was the strongest in the region since 1989.t was the largest to shake the San Francisco Bay Area since the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta quake struck in 1989, collapsing part of the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more than 60 people, most when an Oakland freeway collapsed.
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- Ancient Redwoods thrive along the Big Sur Coast. Redwood, also known as Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), grows in a very narrow strip along the coast of California from the extreme southwestern corner of Oregon to 150 miles south of San Francisco in the Soda Springs drainage of Big Sur.ncient Redwoods thrive along the Big Sur Coast. Redwood, also known as Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), grows in a very narrow strip along the coast of California from the extreme southwestern corner of Oregon to 150 miles south of San Francisco in the Soda Springs drainage of Big Sur.
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Big Sur lost a bridge and slipped back in time. Now residents are wondering what happens next A landslide in the Big Sur Valley damaged the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge, forcing the closure of Highway One. The bridge, which was condemned, since has been demolished. Caltrans hopes to have a new bridge in place by October.
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Earthquake rocks Los Angeles Earthquake rocks Los Angeles. Share this: On this day in 1994, an earthquake rocks Los Angeles, California, killing 54 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. The Northridge quake (named after the San Fernando Valley community near the epicenter) was one of the most damaging in U.S. history.
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Coastal erosion Pacifica, California coast after major storms in 1997 destroyed the houses shown above. Beach erosion at Cabrillo National Monument, California. Coastal erosion at Torrey Pines State Reserve, California, resulted in the necessary relocation of a scenic overlook.
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L os P adres N ational F orest Hare Canyon, Ventana Wilderness. The Los Padres National Forest includes two separate regions, one on the Big Sur Coast and another in Southern California. The Big Sur section, which consists of the Ventana Wilderness and the Silver Peak Wilderness, has an extensive trail network with many scenic and remote redwood stands.
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1997 Merced River flood The January 1997 flood of the Merced River (flooded/flooded from the watershed/floodplain of the Merced River) occurred from December 31, 1996 to January 5, 1997 throughout the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, US.
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Yakima County, Union Gap declare a disaster due to landslide UNION GAP, Wash. - A crack in Rattlesnake Ridge causing a slow-moving landslide is now what experts say a declared disaster for Yakima County and the City of Union Gap. A declared disaster means the county can more easily call in help from other cities to help with emergency jobs.
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- No part of the Big Sur coast is without some landslide potential, but the potential for. damage to the highway is concentrated in areas where several aspects of the geology and. geography converge to make landslide movement more likely.
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The Northridge Earthquake The Northridge Earthquake. On the morning of Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Northridge hit the Los Angeles area, collapsing several buildings, destroying stretches of freeways, and sparking several fires in the area. At final count, the quake resulted in at least 57 deaths and rendered about 125,000 people homeless.
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- Keith Varela, 45, checks out the damage done to his wife's truck in the San Marcos Mobile Home Park in San Marcos, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Heavy rains fell throughout Saturday overflowing the Blanco River causing flooding in some parts of the city. couch hangs in a tree as people search for possessions after a flash flood along the Blanco River, Monday, May 25, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Several people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
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Explore the BBC Many natural events such as heavy rainfall, an earthquake or volcano can trigger a landslide, but human activities such as building construction can also cause or increase the chances of such an event. The biggest landslide in recorded history was triggered by the eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980, according the United States Geological Survey. Nearly 3km3 of rock moved down slope. Image: People recovering belongings after a landslide in southern Valle de Las Flores, La Paz, 27 February 2011 (credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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Causes of Deadly Washington Mudslide Revealed in Scientific Report A deadly landslide that killed 44 and obliterated a riverside neighborhood in Washington state last March was fueled by rain soaking the site of an eight-year-old landslide, while logging in the area may have also played a role, according to a scientific report released Tuesday. Mudslide in Colombia May Portend El Niño Chaos.
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- Twenty years ago on January 1-3, 1997, heavy rain and warm temperatures on top of a heavy snowpack on the peaks surrounding Yosemite Valley caused the greatest flood ever seen in Yosemite since gauging stations were first installed on the Merced River over 80 years ago.
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Landslides The landslide inventory, in combination with the map of susceptibility to deep-seated landslides (CGS Map Sheet 58) can give local planners, infrastructure owners, and the public a perspective on where landslides are most likely to be triggered by winter storms or by earthquakes in California. Click here to view the California Landslide Inventory.
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The Big Valley (1965)  (TV Show) The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969, starring Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy 19th century California rancher and Richard Long, Lee Majors, Peter Breck and Linda Evans as her family. The show was created by A.I.
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The 'Big One' will be deadlier than thought: A massive earthquake could plunge large parts of California into the sea INSTANTLY The 'Big One' will be deadlier than thought: A massive earthquake could plunge large parts of California into the sea INSTANTLY. The discovery was made after studying the Newport-Inglewood fault. Major earthquakes on the fault centuries ago caused areas to sink 3ft. Today that could result in the area ending up at or below sea level. Scientists believe the 'Big One' is now overdue to hit California.
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- The thrust earthquake resulted in two deaths, around 100 injuries, and damage estimated at $33.5–40 million. The event occurred beneath the San Gabriel Mountains on the Clamshell–Sawpit Fault, which is a part of the Sierra Madre–Cucamonga Fault System. Instruments captured the event at a number of strong motion stations in Southern California .
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Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur Coast on          Highway One, Calif. We have over 350 Bixby Creek and Big Sur photos in the photo collection. And most of the bridges on the Monterey County part of Highway One from Big Creek Bridge on the South Coast. Photo Accession CV # 74-024-0003.