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An average of 59 earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.0 to 3.0 occur per year in the Greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.4 ...
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.
The strong quake was recorded about 4.35 miles north of Malibu and about 8 miles from the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, according to the USGS. The notable temblor took place just before 7: ...
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 ...
The 1870 census recorded 454 residents in the Vine Street Chinatown. The city's first Chinese temple, or joss house, was later built there. Meanwhile, in March 1870, a wealthy Chinese businessman from San Francisco secured a ten-year lease of the original Market Street Chinatown's land.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Malibu, California, rocked the Los Angeles area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 2.8 magnitude aftershock was registered in ...
Boundary map as drawn by the Los Angeles Times on a CC-by-SA background. Note at bottom right of map on the L.A. Times website noted above says "CC-by-SA" (which gives permission to use the map).
The Impact of the 1906 Earthquake on San Francisco's Chinatown, American University Studies: Ser.IX History, Vol. 173, Peter Lang, Publisher, 1995. ISBN 0-8204-2607-5; Risse, Guenter B. Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-14214-0510-0; Tsui, Bonnie.