Los Angeles Earthquake

A 5.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles about their lunch hour and they have had 26 aftershocks and it probably isn't over yet. Just heard they shut down part of one of the freeways. They said it was 20 miles south of downtown L.A. We used to live 15 miles from downtown so we would have really felt it there. They have felt it as far away as Las Vegas and many other places 100 miles away are calling in that they felt it. Our granddaughter is visiting in San Diego so I bet she got to feel it there too, her first contact with an earthquake. She will probably have something to talk about when she gets home from there in a couple days.

Scientists Think California Faces a Strong Quake

California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037. This is according to scientists in their first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike in the next 30 years. The odds of such an event are higher in Southern California than Northern California, 97 percent versus 93 percent. They say it basically guarantees that is is going to happen. The l994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people and injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area.