Small earthquakes hit Chino Hills area; no damage or injuries reported.
A small earthquake struck the Chino Hills area today, the latest in a series of minor tremors that have hit the hilly suburban community this weekend.
Today’s 1.5-magnitude quake struck at 6:32 a.m. two miles west of the city and 8.3 miles below the surface, according to the United States Geological Survey. It was at least the seventh small quake in the area since Friday. The largest was a 1.9-magnitude temblor on Friday night, followed by a 1.8 jolt Saturday and others leading to today’s activity, according to a USGS website.
The quakes caused no apparent damage.Last July, a 5.4-magnitude quake struck below Chino Hills and was felt as far away as Las Vegas. Only minor injuries were reported in that shake, including five people at a Wilshire district building in Los Angeles.
The series of Chino Hills quakes comes amid a swarm of small-to-moderate earthquakes that have hit the remote desert area around the Salton Sea southeast of Indio. Hundreds of shakers were recorded over the last eight days; the largest was a 4.8 jolt Tuesday.
Some scientists worry about quakes in that area, including swarms of tremors that come in waves roughly every couple of years around the Salton Sea. The scientists say a strong earthquake that begins at the sea’s Bombay Beach community and moves northwest along the San Andreas fault could be devastating for Los Angeles.
Monday 30 March 2009
san jose earthquake
San Francisco Bay Area shaken by 4.3 magnitude quake.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The San Francisco Bay Area was shaken by a 4.3 magnitude quake at 10:40 a.m. Pacific time. The epicenter of the quake was 11 miles north of Morgan Hill, Calif., and 16 miles east-southeast of San Jose, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The San Francisco Bay Area was shaken by a 4.3 magnitude quake at 10:40 a.m. Pacific time. The epicenter of the quake was 11 miles north of Morgan Hill, Calif., and 16 miles east-southeast of San Jose, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sunday 29 March 2009
Tropicalia Treasures
Boca Grande's Pretty Penny
Can’t grow spring flowers? Build flowers in collaboration with Boca Grande photographer, artist and crafter Penelope Lach. Choose her “Build Your Own Flowers Kit” ($14), or for the same price, her ready-made “Easter Dress” or “Prom Queen” brooches (nelopaperie.etsy.com).
Lach creates “a little this, a little that” in her sunny Boca Grande studio (onecoppercent.blogspot.com), when she isn’t working at Fugate’s store, to which she commutes via golf cart. Find Lach’s photography at the Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum Store, 880 Belcher Road, Boca Grande (www.barrierislandparkssociety.org/museum).
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily-except-Sunday when it’s open noon-4 p.m. Call 941-964-0060. Lach seeks more Southwest Florida venues for her unbelievably artful work. To learn more, contact her at twocoppercents@yahoo.com.
Can’t grow spring flowers? Build flowers in collaboration with Boca Grande photographer, artist and crafter Penelope Lach. Choose her “Build Your Own Flowers Kit” ($14), or for the same price, her ready-made “Easter Dress” or “Prom Queen” brooches (nelopaperie.etsy.com).
Lach creates “a little this, a little that” in her sunny Boca Grande studio (onecoppercent.blogspot.com), when she isn’t working at Fugate’s store, to which she commutes via golf cart. Find Lach’s photography at the Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum Store, 880 Belcher Road, Boca Grande (www.barrierislandparkssociety.org/museum).
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily-except-Sunday when it’s open noon-4 p.m. Call 941-964-0060. Lach seeks more Southwest Florida venues for her unbelievably artful work. To learn more, contact her at twocoppercents@yahoo.com.
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