Tag: earthquake

What’s Your Chance of a Temblor? USGS Issues Earthquake Forecast

California isn’t the only earthquake capital anymore — Oklahoma, mostly associated with weather-related disasters, has joined in. The U.S. Geological Survey labeled places in Oklahoma and Northern California with a 10%-12% chance of experiencing damage from an earthquake in 2016. The 2016 USGS earthquake forecast included both natural and human-induced

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Earthquake may have hit on dangerous fault that worries scientists

As seen on the LA Times: The magnitude-5.1 earthquake that rattled Southern California on Friday was a 10-second reminder of a fault that seismologists believe can produce a catastrophic disaster. The Puente Hills thrust fault is so dangerous because of its location, running from the suburbs of northern Orange County,

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Do You Have Proper Loss of Use Coverage?

As seen on LA Times. By Louis SahagunMarch 29, 2014, 4:00 p.m. A group of renters in Fullerton didn’t know who to believe when it came to the safety of an apartment complex severely damaged by Friday night’s big shaker. The quake left cracks in several walls, some of them two

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Emailing: 4.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits In The Sepulveda Pass

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake and at least six aftershocks shook the Sepulveda Pass area Monday morning. The tremor struck at 6:25 a.m. and was “epicentered in the Santa Monica Mountains between Westwood and Encino, closer to the Valley side, about five miles below the surface,” Dr. Lucy

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