I guess it’s not a big deal living in Southern California, but I thought I’d share it with y’all anyway. It wasn’t nearly as violent as the one that hit Chino Hills last summer, but it shook us pretty hard for a few seconds. It actually happened during the homie’s graduation ceremony, last night in Riverside (just a few miles from the epicenter). Congratulations Rico!! What a grad gift haha.
Here’s the LA Times article:
Magnitude 4.5 quake felt across Southern California
By David Kelly and Jia-Rui Chong
January 9, 2009
The temblor, centered about a mile south of San Bernardino, caused no major damage, authorities said.
An earthquake estimated at magnitude 4.5 centered about a mile south of San Bernardino jolted Southern California on Thursday evening but caused no major damage, according to authorities.
The quake was felt just before 8 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles, parts of the High Desert, San Pedro and coastal and inland Orange County, but not as far south as San Diego.
U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones said the quake appeared to strike near the northern end of the San Jacinto fault, which is considered part of the San Andreas fault system. It was initially reported as magnitude 5.0 but was soon downgraded.
The temblor was comparable to the 1988 Pasadena earthquake and about 25 times smaller than the Chino Hills quake last summer.
“It’s the type of earthquake we used to have in L.A. every year in the ’80s,” Jones said. “After Northridge, it went quiet.”
Jones said a magnitude 3.3 aftershock occurred about an hour later.
As I was searching articles on this, I ran into some more quake news. Apparently a big one rattled Costa Rica yesterday (6.2 magnitude). There are 5 confirmed deaths and about two dozen persons missing, so lets hope for the best down there. Here is the link to the LA times article:
Peace, “BK”