Earthquake — California: Los Angeles

When

29 Jul 2008

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.4

Where

Usa

Coordinates

33.95° N, 117.76° W

Injuries

8

Intensity mmi

6

Depth km

15

The 2008 Chino Hills earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 am PDT on July 29 in Southern California, United States. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake was in Chino Hills, c. 28 miles (45 km) east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Movement on an oblique-slip fault resulted in a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 5.5 Chino Hills earthquake strikes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing eight injuries and limited damage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la ciudad californiana de Chino Hills se registra un terremoto de 5,4 que deja varios heridos y daños considerables”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page