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The 2008 Chino Hills earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 am PDT (18:42:15 UTC) on July 29 in Southern California. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake was in Chino Hills, c. 28 miles (45 km) east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Movement on an oblique-slip fault resulted in a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).
An average of 25 earthquakes with magnitudes between 4.0 and 5.0 occur each year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three-year data sample. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.9 ...
The earthquake was reported at 10:44 a.m. local time, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center. There has been a "robust" aftershock sequence in its wake, Stephen DeLong, a geologist in ...
That earthquake caused close to $100 million in damage in the most recent estimate, according to Lori Dengler, an emeritus professor in geology at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.
The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake in Southern California since the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake which had a moment magnitude of 5.4. [8] Its epicenter was 1 mile (1.6 km) east of La Habra and its hypocenter was 3.2 miles (5.1 km) deep. [2] Initial reports placed the magnitude at 5.3, however it was later downgraded to magnitude 5.1.
2008 Chino Hills earthquake; 2010 Baja California earthquake; 2010 Eureka earthquake; 2014 South Napa earthquake; 2014 La Habra earthquake; 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes;
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 fault was discovered in the late 1990s and is known to have caused the M w 5.5 2008 Chino Hills earthquake. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The fault is believed to produce a M w 6.0 earthquake at most. References