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The April 4 quake was the second largest earthquake in Baja California history after the 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2–7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, and was well recorded in Southern California, especially in the Imperial valley.
Dr Lucy Jones in 1994. Lucile M. Jones (born 1955) is an American seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. [1] One of the foremost and trusted public authorities on earthquakes, [2] Jones is viewed by many in Southern California as "the Beyoncé of earthquakes" who is frequently called upon to provide information on recent earthquakes.
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, which occurred at 5:07 a.m., was initially reported as a magnitude 3.2. Communities that may have felt weak shaking include Alhambra, South Pasadena, Monterey Park and East Los ...
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 ...
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region, rattling windows and shaking shelves but bringing no reports of ...
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 ...