Dixie Valley Quakes

On this day in 1954, the residents of Dixie Valley were rudely awoken by a 7.0 earthquake. This was the largest of a series of quakes spanning the second half of 1954, and the faults are still visible today.

Color photo of a young man standing chest-deep in an earthquake fault.
Newell Mills standing in Dixie Valley Fault

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