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LOS ANGELES — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the Southern California coast on Thursday ... There have been at least five aftershocks with the most powerful being a 3.4 jolt at about 8:40 a.m ...
An upgrade to California's earthquake early-warning system using GPS data will allow more timely alerts about shaking and better estimate the magnitude of a megaquake.
Northern California was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late Thursday morning.. After the tremor struck at 10:45 a.m., just over 60 miles to the west-southwest of Humboldt County’s Ferndale ...
California residents felt the impact of a major earthquake that occurred off the West Coast on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred off the coast ...
Following destructive earthquakes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, real estate developers, press, and boosters minimized and downplayed the risk of earthquakes out of fear that the ongoing economic boom would be negatively affected. [3] [4] California earthquakes (1769–2000)
He pointed to major quakes like the 1857 and 1906 San Andreas earthquakes, as well 1994’s Northridge earthquake, all of which were under the 8.0 magnitude contemplated in “Big One” scenarios ...
Until Sunday, the strongest earthquake in the past month to hit San Bernardino County's fourth most populous city occurred on Sept. 7, when a magnitude 3.9 earthquake caused "light" shaking to be ...
Beautiful beaches. Majestic mountains. Hollywood. One more thing Southern California is known for: earthquakes. Yet for a long time, and to the great relief of millions, the many active faults ...