Earthquake

at 11:42 PDT there was a 5.4 earthqake shook Southern California causing buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles for several secondsand triggering some precautionary evacuations. No immediate damage was reported. The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, and slightly in Las Vegas. The quake initially was estimated at magnitude 5.8 but was revised downward to magnitude-5.4, centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake was about 8 miles below the earth's surface. When I looked at MSNBC about this it said it that the U.S. Geological Survey’s computers recorded 27 aftershocks by 12:40 p.m. The strongest aftershock was magnitude 3.6.



this was on msnbc and I thought it was interesting

The big ones
Following is a list of the biggest earthquakes in recent California history, measured by magnitude:
1. 7.3, Landers, June 28, 1992, three deaths.
2. 7.2, Cape Mendocino, April 25, 1992.
3. 7.2, off northern coast, June 15, 2005.
4. 7.1, Hector Mine, Oct. 16, 1999.
5. 7.0, Honeydew, Aug. 17, 1991.
6. 7.0, Cape Mendocino, Sept. 1, 1994.
7. 6.7, Northridge, Jan. 17, 1994, 60 deaths.
8. 6.6, San Simeon, Dec. 22, 2003, 2 deaths.
9. 6.6, off northern coast, June 17, 2005.
10. 6.2, Joshua Tree, April 23, 1992.
11. 6.0, Central California, Sept. 28, 2004.
12. 5.6, Sierra Madre, June 28, 1991, two deaths.
13. 5.4, Chino Hills, July 29, 2008.
14. 5.4, San Francisco Bay Area, Oct. 31, 2007.