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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near South Pasadena. The temblor hit at 9:55 a.m. and was centered in the El Sereno area, just south of South Pasadena.
More than 13,000 people from as far away as Bakersfield and San Diego reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled parts of Southern California Sunday morning. ... USA TODAY Sports. Top-seeded Jannik Sinner fends off upset bid on Day 5 at Australian Open. Weather.
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the M s scale and 6.6 on the M w scale, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
The Northridge Earthquake was the subject of the 1995 film Epicenter U., a first-hand account of healing from the natural disaster, directed by Alexis Krasilovsky. [71] [72] The Earthquake Haggadah (1995) was a video excerpt from Epicenter U. narrated by Wanda Coleman. Distributed in 3/4" and VHS by the Poetry Film Workshop circa 1998.
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.
Get weather updates from USA TODAY: USA TODAY's Weather Watch. The Los Angeles Zoo, also in sprawling, mountainous Griffith Park, was closed to the public on Wednesday, its website said, citing ...
The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred in the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of Southern California, United States, at 7:42 a.m. PDT on October 1. The moderate magnitude 5.9 blind thrust earthquake was centered several miles north of Whittier in the town of Rosemead , had a relatively shallow depth, and was felt ...