Two leading geoscientists weigh in on what the Sept. 18, magnitude-4.5 earthquake means for Los Angeles. “[This quake] tells us there may be even more active faults below the surface …
The 50-km-long rupture has triggered widely dispersed aftershocks. However, almost none of these struck on the faults that the M 7.1 brought closer to failure: The major Garlock Fault; or the Blackwater, Panamint Valley, or Sierra Nevada Faults.
The 50-km-long rupture has triggered widely dispersed aftershocks. However, almost none of these struck on the faults that the M 7.1 brought closer to failure: The major Garlock Fault; or the Blackwater, Panamint Valley, or Sierra Nevada Faults.
The site of the 4th of July shock was stressed by the great 1872 Owens Valley quake and the 1992 Landers quake. Their overlapping stress lobes may have raised the stakes for this region.
The site of the 4th of July shock was stressed by the great 1872 Owens Valley quake and the 1992 Landers quake. Their overlapping stress lobes may have raised the stakes for this region.
Last night’s earthquake struck on the fault most likely to rupture in a large earthquake by 2043, according to the USGS.
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
Today’s earthquake struck in a portion of the San Andreas Fault Zone known as the “San Gorgonio knot.”
