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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.
Los Angeles, too, has made progress on soft-story retrofits since the city passed its law in 2015 — though exactly how much is unclear. In its last update issued in February, Los Angeles ...
Los Angeles earthquake could refer to: 1933 Long Beach earthquake; 1952 Kern County earthquake; 1971 San Fernando earthquake; 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake;
Residents clean up in the Van Nuys neighborhood following the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles on January 17, 1994. - Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
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 epicenter region of the earthquake was located in the San Fernando Valley, about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the hypocenter 's geographical coordinates at 34°12′47″N 118°32′13″W / 34.213°N 118.537°W / 34.213; -118.537 and at a depth of 11.31 miles ...
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck underneath the L.A. neighborhood of El ... An average of five earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in the greater Los Angeles area ...
[3] [8] It was the strongest earthquake to occur in the greater Los Angeles area since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. [7] As reported by The Orange County Register, three microearthquakes, all less than magnitude 3.0, occurred in Anaheim Hills, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Chino Hills, two months before the Chino Hills earthquake. [9]