Are there any active faults in the Sacramento metropolitan area that could produce a damaging earthquake?
Is the Sacramento area at any risk from local or regional earthquakes? Also, do you know what amount of shaking and damage the Sacramento area experienced during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which occurred approximately 100 miles away from downtown Sacramento? Thanks! A12: The U.S. Geological Survey has records of 10 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater within 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) of Sacramento (try earthquake searches at http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html). The towns of Vacaville, Winters, and Dixon suffered damage from the Vacaville (magnitude 6.5) and Winters (magnitude 6.2) earthquakes of 1892. In Sacramento, statues fell and plaster cracked in the Capitol. The following link gives a brief description of this earthquake: http://www.geocities.com/quake95616/1892eq.htm. For 1906 earthquake effects, see an isoseismal map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1906_04_18_iso.php. Note that Sacramento was in the intensity V area, where almost everyone
