Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Earthquakes in Los Angeles

There are many earthquakes occurring in past few days; first was Italy and now it’s Los Angeles. Below is the details of the earthquake in Los Angeles:

It had a Magnitude of 2.5 , occurred on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 05:07:23 UTC and again on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 10:07:23 PM at epicenter

Location 34.062°N, 118.258°W, the Depth was 9.6 km (6.0 miles), the area which was effected the most was the Greater Los Angeles Area, California
Distances 1 km (1 miles) NW (309°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
1 km (1 miles) S (176°) from Echo Park, CA
2 km (1 miles) ENE (71°) from Macarthur Park, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles); depth +/- 1.6 km (1.0 miles)
Parameters Nph= 67, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.5 sec, Gp= 18°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

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