On April 24, 1984 at 1:15 p.m. PST, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Calaveras fault to the east of San Jose, California. This earthquake was felt over an area of approximately 120,000 km2 in California and western Nevada. The area of moderate damage ($8 million) extended southward from the epicenter rather than centering on the epicenter. This pattern indicates that the Morgan Hill earthquake may have been a double event with the second event being located about 17 km southeast of the main shock.
In Santa Clara County, where most of the damage occurred, more than 550 structures incurred minor damage. Major structural damage was mainly confined to a very small area on two streets of the Jackson Oaks subdivision located east of Morgan Hill (population 19,000). Five houses were condemned; two of these had fallen off their concrete foundations and suffered partial collapse. Several masonry buildings on Main Street in Morgan Hill were damaged and later condemned. Well-engineered industrial buildings and residential structures sustained only minor damage, but many mobile homes fell off their supports causing considerable damage to the furnishings inside. There were many reports of fires resulting from the quake. Minor damage also occurred at San Martin and Coyote. Twenty-seven people were injured.
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