Posted on 09/10/2012 2:31:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — Authorities on Monday investigated widespread reports of a foul odor detected across the San Fernando Valley.
Shortly after 5:00 a.m., a “rotten egg-type” smell was reported “widely across (and possibly beyond) the north San Fernando Valley and Foothill communities of Los Angeles”, according to Brian Humphrey with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
No illnesses or any specific hazard has been associated with the odor, Humphrey told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO.
The sulfur-type odor — which Humphrey said “appears to be organic in nature” — had been reported as far west as Simi Valley and as far east as Cathedral City and Perris in Riverside County.
While officials worked to investigate the source of the smell, officials did acknowledge the smell could be affecting a wider swath of Southern California.
Stephen Harrison with the National Weather Service office in San Diego told KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas that whatever the source or sources of sulphuric odor, wind currents have been moving in an east to west direction from the Salton Sea into parts of the Greater Los Angeles area.
“It’s always possible to get some kind of odor coming from the Salton Sea up through the Coachella Valley through the Banning Pass and into the Inland Empire,” said Harrison.
Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Monica Carazzo said the odor is affecting schedules at some local schools, including Osceola Street Elementary.
“Some schools are implementing a rainy day schedule, meaning that once kids get their lunch, they go inside of the classroom, recesses are inside, that type of thing,” said Carazzo. “But that’s school by school.”
Residents do not need to call 911 to report the odor unless they are experiencing a medical emergency, Humphrey said
follow up article....
Thanks for that. This is all so very interesting.
Deep @ almost 100 miles, so I'm not starting a new thread.
That is darn deep.
yes saw it’s return on Glamis....nice pop but deep!!
Just upgraded it to 7.3
Or, we could just wait and see... ;)
Is it strange that there haven’t been any aftershocks?
Nah at that depth it is not unsual to have few if not any aftershocks.
However the quake did have the world shaking for almost two hours.
Yep, could lead to further/shallower events in other areas of the fault/plate. What the heck causes a M7.3, 100 miles below the surface?
The thing that interests me a bit just taking a look at the tensor ball...this might have been a flex quake. Now this area is not immune for sure to wicked deep quakes but it will be interesting to see future quakes in this area. I wonder now if the new calving of the asian plate will impact other plates as it continues to spread apart>?
Thanks for commenting. I value your opinions. I have so much to learn and so little brain space.
Don’t worry so do we...lol
LOL, same here...
The only thing that I'm pretty sure about, is a continued increase in earthquake activity along with increased volcanic activity above and below the seas and these periodic large quakes are going to keep things shaking! :)
Interesting times for sure and something to keep an eye on.
check out how the quake was recorded in the canaries...
wow....!
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s480x480/384390_10151203261458447_593527132_n.jpg
That looks like a pocket T ink-spill without the pocket protector.
LOL...I can see that...lol
Wow indeed; what massive, instantaneous displacement!
That must be caused by something else. Maybe someone bumped the recorder or detector?
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