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The magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Bakersfield was felt over a wide area of Southern California. Experts say there are several reason for this, including its size, time of night and the so-called ...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled parts of Southern California Sunday morning. ... Airport in the last month. Sunday's 3:51 a.m. earthquake was the fifth of magnitude 3 or higher detected in ...
Wednesday's earthquake in Orange County was the fifth of magnitude 2.0 and above that has struck the Southern California metro area in the last five days. Fifth quake to hit SoCal in 5 days: Small ...
At 4:57 a.m. local time (11:57 UTC) on June 28, 1992, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake awoke much of Southern California. Though it turned out it was not the so-called "Big One" as many people would think, it was still a very strong earthquake. The shaking lasted for two to three minutes.
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)
A Magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in Southern California on Sept. 16, 2024, according to the United States Geological Survey, marking the second temblor to hit the region in less than five days.
The system issued alerts for several significant southern California earthquakes in 2014 including a M W 4.4 event in Encino, a M W 4.2 event in Westwood, and a M W 5.1 event in La Habra. [ 61 ] It also issued a warning 5.4 seconds after the beginning of the M W 6.0 South Napa earthquake that hit the Napa region on August 24, 2014. [ 62 ]
A trio of Southern California earthquakes have struck in the area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa in the last two days, with a pair rumbling late Thursday afternoon.