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You can find information about earthquakes that have happened in California on the earthquake page of the USGS website. Alternatively you can find information on the about website under the geography section which has an article about earthquakes in California.
A good place to start is the website of the United States or British Geological Survey. Please see the related links.
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Earthquakes occur many times in a given day, all over the world. The United States Geological Survey keeps a good track on activities. See more information on their website, link listed below:
There are already a number of Jeopardy questions whose response concerned the events before after and during earthquakes even if the category was not earthquakes they are still good questions.
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Iceland lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which means that earthquakes are common.
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile and two 7.8 earthquakes in Indonesia were the most significant in 2010. List of earthquakes by year or by country can be found at the USGS Earthquake Hazards website. It provides a list of significant earthquakes for 2010 as well as a worldwide map of earthquakes for 2010. See link below.
Earthquakes happen each and every day somewhere around the world but some places are more prone to have more earthquakes than others. If you think you felt an earthquake then you should check the USGS Earthquake Information Center website to see a map of recent earthquakes. They have a "Did You Feel It?" website to report events.
As of Oct 2011 there were 17 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 and greater in 2011 with the largest being magnitude 9.0 in Japan on March 11th. The list of earthquakes by year (1990-Present) or by country can be found at the USGS Earthquake Hazards website. It provides a list of significant earthquakes for 2011 as well as a worldwide map of earthquakes for 2011. See link below maps, lists, and statistics.