Biggest quakes by magnitude in California

California, where a quake and fire devastated the city of San Francisco in 1906, once again showed it is earthquake country.

A list of the biggest quakes in recent California history, measured by magnitude:

7.3, Landers, June 28, 1992, three deaths

7.2, Cape Mendocino, April 25, 1992

7.2 (estimate), Southeast of Mexicali, Mexico, April 4, 2010

7.2, Off coast of Northern California, June 14, 2005

7.1, Hector Mine, Oct 16, 1999

7.0, Honeydew, Aug 17, 1991

7.0, Cape Mendocino, Sept 1, 1994

6.9, Loma Prieta, Oct 18, 1989, 63 deaths

6.7, Northridge, Jan. 17, 1994, 60 deaths

6.6, San Simeon, Dec 22, 2003, 2 deaths

6.6, Off coast of Northern California, June 16, 2005

6.5, Off coast near Eureka, Jan 9, 2010

6.2, Joshua Tree, April 23, 1992

6.0, Napa, Aug 24, 2014

6.0, Central California, Sept 28, 2004

5.9, Humboldt County, Feb 4, 2010

5.6, Sierra Madre, June 28, 1991, two deaths

5.6, San Francisco Bay Area, Oct 30, 2007