A 6.4-magnitude quake hit the same area on Thursday at. It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault, the most treacherous seismic hazard in California. The largest earthquake in LA and Southern California: Los Angeles, California, United States San Diego, California, United States Tijuana, Baja California. The quake was a trending topic on Twitter early Tuesday. It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near the city of Ridgecrest, about 240km north-east of Los Angeles. Former CBS "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson quipped that the rumble had him "sitting up in bed with an automatic weapon waiting for zombies."
"Any severe damage would be pretty unlikely."Įarthquake-hardened veterans commented on social media, including some in Hollywood.Īctor Josh Gad tweeted that he probably should have checked on his kids, but he scrolled through Twitter instead. More than 4.5 million living in San Bernardino-Ontario and 10 million people in Los Angeles County are living near active or passive faults. This includes blind thrust faults, like the quake along the Raymond fault that destroyed homes in Northridge in 1994. "We get these size earthquakes fairly frequently," said USGS seismologist Zachary Reeves to the Los Angeles Times. In the metropolitan Los Angeles area, every type of fault is present. By the evening of July 5, more than 1,400 earthquakes occurred,26the strongest of which measured 5.4 Mw at 4:07 a.m.
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Some said they were shaken awake in bed.įormer Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox, whose Westwood home was rattled, tweeted that the quake "wasn't funny."Īuthorities said there were no reports of damage or injuries. In downtown Los Angeles the Santa Fe - Burlington bus depot reported the quakes cracked the building and showered the lobby with plaster, but no one was. Residents near UCLA reported feeling a sharp jolt followed by a short rumble. It also was felt in Palm Springs, but significant damage was not reported in Southern California. Trump says he’s been indicted in special counsel investigation. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 3.6 miles (6 kilometers) northwest of the Westwood neighborhood, home to the University of California, Los Angeles. LA and Southern California has had: (M1.5 or greater) 10 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The quake set high-rise buildings in Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego rocking back and forth. Hello, it’s Friday, June 9, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today.
Monday and was felt by thousands of residents in west Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, across the San Fernando Valley and as far north as the Antelope Valley. The magnitude 3.6 quake hit around 11:20 p.m.
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