A terrifying decade of California earthquakes began with this forgotten one
In the dead of night, the earth beneath Southern California buckled, shaking millions of people, damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings, breaking the California Aqueduct and sending more than a billion gallons of water flooding into an ancient desert lake bed.
Southern California rattled by earthquake swarm
Nearly 200,000 people in Southern California felt shaking after hundreds of earthquakes rattled the Imperial County desert over the weekend, with the strongest earthquake reported as a magnitude 4.7.
Did you feel it? Earthquake near Brawley felt in San Diego
A 2.7 magnitude micro earthquake occurred near Brawley, California on Saturday evening, with the shake being felt in nearby areas such as Westmorland, Imperial, Calipatria and El Centro.
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Over 350 earthquakes recorded since Friday in part of southern California
SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – Nearly 200,000 people in Southern California felt shaking as hundreds of earthquakes rattled the Imperial County desert over the weekend. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CAL OES) is working with local ...
California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals
Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over long periods and is suddenly released in the form of an earthquake.