Editing Coalinga, California (section)

===1983 earthquake===
{{Main|1983 Coalinga earthquake}}
[[Image:CAtheater1983.jpg|thumb|State Theater on Elm Avenue, damaged by 1983 earthquake]]

On May 2, 1983, Coalinga was struck by an [[earthquake]] with a [[moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] of 6.5, which nearly destroyed more than 300 homes and apartment buildings; another 691 buildings suffered major damage, and hundreds more had minor damage. Damage was severe in downtown Coalinga; the eight-block commercial district was almost totally destroyed. The shock was felt as far away as Los Angeles and western [[Nevada]], and was followed by a series of aftershocks that caused additional minor damage and some injuries. Only one death was reported: a man who succumbed to a heart attack.<ref>{{citation|first1=C. W.|last1=Stover|first2=J. L.|last2=Coffman|title=Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bY0KAQAAIAAJ|series=U.S. Geological Survey professional paper 1527|year=1993|publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]]|pages=96, 171–175}}</ref>