“It is an area with a lot of little faults but no long fault,” she tweeted. Jones said the quake was not on the San Andreas fault. It was the strongest quake to be felt in Southern California since 1999, according to seismologist Lucy Jones of Caltech, founder of the Dr. Southland police agencies were reminding the public not to use 911 for earthquake questions unless they have injuries or dangerous conditions to report. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that they have not received any reports of damage or calls for service within the city in relation to the earthquake. Once this process is complete, an overall assessment of the impact in the City of Los Angeles will be compiled.” The Los Angeles Fire Department reported that “all 106 fire stations are out conducting a strategic survey of their districts to determine if any damage exists.
The City of Anaheim reported that the city has no immediate issues and the Laguna Beach Police Department advised their citizens to be “safe wherever you are and watch out for those earthquakes.” The Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Pasadena police departments reported that no damages has been called in response to the reported 10:33 a.m. We can confirm evacuations are underway Ridgecrest Regional Hospital per KCFD. The Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Division 8, which encompasses Diamond Bar, Hacienda Heights, Industry, Rowland Heights, La Puente, Walnut, Pomona and Valinda, reported that a structure fire possibly ignited from a gas line break due to the earthquake. Southland police and fire agencies quickly took to social media, reporting no injuries or structural damage from the shaking, but possibly one structure fire. The quake, which began at 10:35 a.m., was centered about 7 miles southwest of Searles Valley, a sparsely populated part of the Mojave Desert in northwestern San Bernardino County, according to the U.S. Lucy Jones, seismologist with the US Geological Survey, warned residents that they should expect to see many more quakes - and there’s a chance of another damaging one today.Īt a news conference, she explained that we might be seeing two different faults in today’s earthquake.Ī magnitude 6-4 earthquake was felt throughout the Southland Thursday, shaking up local residents celebrating the Fourth of July.
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