|
L.A. Maps Online
Click on Map Above
| |
|
Significant Earthquakes Centered in
Los Angeles County
|
NOTE: In the event of an earthquake, the
safest place to be is not in a doorway, but
under a table.
|
Due to the two inch slippage of the San Andreas fault every year, Los
Angeles City Hall is now about 10 feet closer to San Francisco than when it
was built in 1924. Scientists project that it should be located in the
suburbs of San Francisco in approximately 15 million years.
|
|
|
Year |
Date |
Location |
Time |
Richter |
Mercalli |
Deaths & Property Damage |
| 1769 |
Jul 28 |
L.A.
Area |
--- |
6.0 |
VIII |
No information |
| 1812 |
Dec 8 |
L.A.
Area |
3:00pm |
7.0 |
VII |
40 deaths, Mission San
Juan Capistrano severely to moderately damaged. Mission San Gabriel moderately
damaged. |
| 1827 |
Sep 24 |
L.A. Area |
4:00am |
5.5 |
--- |
No
information |
| 1855 |
Jul 11 |
L.A. Area |
4:15am |
6.0 |
VIII |
Bells of Mission San
Gabriel torn down. 26 buildings damaged in L.A. |
| 1857 |
Jan 9 |
Fort Tejon |
4:24pm |
7.9 |
IX |
2
deaths; Heavy property damage and loss |
| 1916 |
Oct 23 |
Tejon Pass
Region |
2:44pm |
5.3 |
--- |
No
information |
| 1933 |
Mar 10 |
Long Beach |
5:54pm |
6.4 |
IX |
120 deaths; $50
million |
| 1941 |
Oct 21 |
Torrance-Gardena |
10:57pm |
4.8 |
VII |
No deaths;
$100,000 |
| 1941 |
Nov 14 |
Torrance-Gardena |
12:42am |
4.8 |
VIII |
No deaths; $1
million |
| 1951 |
Dec 25 |
San Clemente
Island |
4:46pm |
5.9 |
--- |
No deaths; No appreciable damage |
| 1971 |
Feb
9 |
San
Fernando |
6:01am |
6.6 |
--- |
65 deaths;
$505 million |
| 1979 |
Jan 1 |
Malibu |
3:15pm |
5.2 |
--- |
No
deaths; minor damage |
| 1987 |
Oct
1 |
Whittier-Narrows |
7:42am |
5.9 |
--- |
8 deaths;
$358 million |
| 1988 |
Dec 3 |
Pasadena |
11:38pm |
5.0 |
--- |
No deaths; No appreciable damage |
| 1989 |
Jan 19 |
Malibu |
10:38pm |
5.0 |
--- |
No deaths;
slight damage |
| 1989 |
Jun 12 |
Montebello |
9:57am |
4.6 |
--- |
No
deaths; No appreciable damage |
| 1991 |
Jun
28 |
Sierra
Madre |
7:44am |
5.8 |
--- |
2 deaths; $40
million |
| 1994 |
Jan
17 |
Northridge |
4:31am |
6.7 |
--- |
61 deaths
Est. $20 billion |
| 2001 |
Sep
9 |
SE of West
Hollywood |
4:59pm |
4.2 |
--- |
No deaths;
moderate damage |
| 2010 |
Mar 16 |
Pico Rivera |
4:04am |
4.4 |
--- |
No deaths;
moderate damage |
The July 29, 2008, Chino Hills earthquake,
measured at a magnitude 5.4, was centered in Riverside
County.
It was, however, widely felt throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles
County.
About 30 earthquakes occur
every day in Southern California. Most have a magnitude
of less than 2.0.
No evidence exists that
earthquakes are more likely to occur in certain kinds of weather.
The
best place to see any part of the monstrous, 800-mile San
Andreas Fault is in Palmdale in a road
cut along the
Antelope Valley Freeway (Route 14) just
north of Avenue S. The last time this part of the fault was
active was in 1857.
An excellent publication on
earthquakes and earthquake safety in Southern California is Putting Down Roots
in
Earthquake County by the Southern California
Earthquake Center. You may read the publication online or contact
the Center (phone 213-740-5843, fax
213-740-0011, or e-mail scec@usc.edu) to request an
order form by mail or fax.
| |
|
L.A. Wall Maps:
• L.A. City
Neighborhoods
• L.A. City Zip Codes
• All L.A. County
(All 88 cities-plus)
Available Now! |
|
|
