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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but ...
Fires continued to cause destruction in Los Angeles County. ... numbers of reported outages right now: Los Angeles County: 212,743 ... Fire in the Hollywood Hills is now lifted as of 7:30 a.m ...
The earthquake took place west of Los Angeles and was its epicenter was recorded about 3.5 miles north of Malibu, the USGS reported. The notable temblor took place just before 4:22 a.m. local time.
UTC time: 1940-05-19 04:36:47: ISC event: 901341: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: May 18, 1940 (): Local time: 21:35 PST: Magnitude: 6.9 M w [1]: Depth: 16 km (9.9 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip: Areas affected: United States, Mexico: Total damage: $6 million [2]: Max. intensity: MMI X (Extreme) [1]: Casualties: 9 dead [2] 20 injured [3]: The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial ...
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.
UTC time: 1990-02-28 23:43:36: ISC event: 380064: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: February 28, 1990: Local time: 23:43:37 UTC [1]: Magnitude: 5.7 M w [1]: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Fault: San Jose Fault: Type: Strike-slip [2]: Areas affected: Greater Los Angeles Area Southern California United States: Total damage: $12.7 million [2]: Max. intensity: MMI VII (Very strong) [3]: Peak ...
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. Watch live ...
The earthquake was a right-lateral strike-slip event, and involved the rupture of several different faults over a length of 75 to 85 km (47 to 53 mi). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The names of those that were involved are the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo (also known as Landers), Homestead Valley, Homestead/Emerson, Emerson Valley and Camp Rock faults.