Earthquake
I was just chatting with my sexiest friend, Brenda – when she announced she’d felt an earthquake in her 12th floor office. Of course no news team around could report anything that fast, so I’m doing it for them.
A moderate earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
The magnitude 5.8 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) SW of Chino Hills, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).
| Magnitude |
5.8 – local magnitude (ML) |
|---|---|
| Time |
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 (UTC) |
| Distance from |
Chino Hills, CA – 3 km (2 miles) SW (235 degrees) Diamond Bar, CA – 8 km (5 miles) SE (127 degrees) Yorba Linda, CA – 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23 degrees) Pomona, CA – 11 km (7 miles) S (178 degrees) Los Angeles Civic Center, CA – 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103 degrees)
|
| Coordinates | 33 deg. 57.5 min. N (33.959N), 117 deg. 45.1 min. W (117.752W) |
| Depth |
12.3 km (7.6 miles) |
| Location Quality | Good |
| Location Quality Parameters |
Nst=144, Nph=144, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.42 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=1.3 km, Gp=18 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci14383980 |
| Additional Information |
map with fault names Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) |
