Magnitude 5 Quake Off Cape Mendocino Leads Week of Offshore Shaking along Northern California Plate Boundary
Waves break over rocks along the coast at Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County, California, on Aug. 12, 2007. The cape, the westernmost point of the California mainland, lies near the Mendocino triple junction; the Nov. 4, 2026, earthquake struck roughly 70 …