Topic Archive: Earthquakes
That was a 4.1 preliminary magnitude shaker at 3:49 p.m., also centered under the Hawthorne area like the bigger one on Sunday. No damage reports to speak of, so far....
Posted May 19, 2009 4:13 PM
Earliest magnitude is 5.0, centered in the Inglewood-Hawthorne area. The number may change, of course. There have also been at least two measurable aftershocks, a 3.1 and 2.5. USGS, SoCal...
Posted May 17, 2009 8:43 PM
That thing that rolled through at 6:11 p.m. was a 4.4 preliminary magnitude quake located 4 miles NE of Leo Carrillo State Beach. SCEDC...
Posted May 1, 2009 6:18 PM
No one who lives in Southern California has yet experienced a "great earthquake" on the San Andreas fault like the ones that recur through history at regular intervals, UC Irvine...
Posted January 28, 2009 1:58 PM
A quake initially assigned a 3.4 magnitude struck at 7:42 p.m. It was centered a mile off Marina Del Rey and felt like a quick jolt in this corner of...
Posted January 23, 2009 7:49 PM
As SoCal earthquakes go, this one was moderate but probably felt like more if you are near San Bernardino. The epicenter is initially thought to be right under the Inland...
Posted January 8, 2009 8:05 PM
Yeah, me neither. But the Great SoCal Shakeout just got started so millions of our fellow Californians are role-playing the disaster, Metro trains are slowing down and, this being the...
Posted November 13, 2008 9:59 AM
Larry Mantle was twelve minutes into a segment with the blogger behind "Stuff White People Like" when this morning's earthquake hit. He rolled with the flow then switched into anchor...
Posted July 29, 2008 11:59 PM
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