Los Angeles Earthquake

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By Gil Simmons on August 8, 2012, 3:02am

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My twitter feed came alive with reports of an earthquake out west early this morning. The center is near Los Angeles...about 30 miles Southeast of the civic center.

Earthquake Details:

Magnitude: 4.4
Date-Time: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 at 06:23:34 UTC
                 Tuesday, August 07, 2012 at 11:23:34 PM at epicenter
Location: 33.907°N, 117.781°W
Depth: 8.2 km (5.1 miles)
Region: GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances: 2 km (2 miles) NNE (19°) from Yorba Linda, CA
                7 km (5 miles) ENE (69°) from Placentia, CA
                9 km (6 miles) SW (215°) from Chino Hills, CA
                12 km (8 miles) NNE (23°) from Orange, CA
                46 km (29 miles) ESE (111°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters: Nph=184, Dmin=9 km, Rmss=0.35 sec, Gp= 18°,
                   M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Event ID: ci15189073

 

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