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Orange County earthquake Santa Ana mountains
2Sep07 | 0 comments
Looks like we just had a small earthquake. USGS indicates a 4.7 centered in the Santa Ana mountains between Santa Ana and Lake Elsinore. It occurred at about 10:29am. I felt it here in Laguna Niguel, but not much shaking and it didn't last long.
Here's a link to the live map of the epicenter of the orange county earthquake area:
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Here's a snapshot of the data I captured at the
So I go to check what ocregister has on it, and they don't show anything on the home page but this article:
seismic lull
A lull in seismic action
Southern California might be in prolonged period of low seismicity, a new study says. But that could change anytime.
By GARY ROBBINS
The Orange County Register
Is greater Los Angeles in a "seismic lull" that has spared the region the sort of catastrophic earthquake scientists have warned us about?
UPDATE
By the time I finished posting, the ocregister had a story on it. Here it is:
Sunday, September 2, 2007
4.7 quake jolts O.C.
Epicenter said to be 2 miles beneath Santiago peak in the Santa Ana mountains.
From staff and wire reports
A preliminary magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled Orange County today at 10:29 today, and was centered under the Santa Ana mountain range.
Automated seismographs reported that the earthquake's tentative epicenter was near, and two miles beneath, the summit of Santiago Peak, the largest peak in the Santa Ana mountain range in of Orange County.
It was followed by a 2.5 aftershock at 10:31 a.m.
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