In 1872, the town of Lone Pine was leveled by an earthquake which measured about magnitude 7.6 and was felt as far away as San Diego. Naturalist John Muir was in Yosemite Valley at the time and ...

A single traffic light marks the center of Lone Pine, but this town has been the backdrop for over 400 films since 1920. The same rocks that stood in for India in 'Gunga Din' and the planet Vulcan ...

In 1872, Lone Pine was largely destroyed and many residents were killed in an earthquake that’s now believed to be a magnitude 7.4, one of the largest in recorded California history. Wednesday ...

Felt as far away as Los Angeles and Sacramento, the 1872 earthquake killed 27 people — 1 out of every 10 people in the mining camp of Lone Pine — and destroyed 52 of 59 houses there.

Just east of the Sierra Nevada, this devastating earthquake in 1872 in Inyo County took the lives of 27 people in the community of Lone Pine, with deaths also reported in other areas of the Owens ...

A moderate earthquake followed by dozens of aftershocks rattled the eastern Sierra Thursday but no damage or injuries were reported. The magnitude-5.0 temblor ...

In 1872, Lone Pine was largely destroyed and many residents were killed in an earthquake that’s now believed to be a magnitude 7.4, one of the largest in recorded California history. Wednesday ...