Earthquake: 4.1 quake strikes near Rowland Heights; felt over wide area

L.A.Times ^ | March 29, 2014 | Ken Schwencke, Paloma Esquivel and Louis Sahagun March 29, 2014, 2:45 p.m. http://www.latimes.com/

[MeshugeMikey]

A shallow magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Rowland Heights, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:32 p.m. at a depth of 5.6 miles. (It was originally reported as a 4.4 magnitude.) Updated at 2:40 p.m. The quake was centered not far from the epicenter of Friday's 5.1 temblor in La Habra. There have been more than a hundred aftershocks since then, but this one was the largest.

[MeshugeMikey]

there seems to be a pattern here.

[Star Traveler]

Get ready for the big one! Unfortunately, that will also affect the rest of the country - from the spillover effects.

[SamAdams76]

These are only “little” earthquakes. Not necessarily indicative of a big one.

[Paladin2]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%2230day_sig%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[32.91187391621322%2C-120.00915527343749]%2C[35.32633026307483%2C-116.60888671874999]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue%2C%22faults%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Afalse%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}

[MeshugeMikey]

I heard that!

I’m betting on a Good Friday Quake at about 10.4

is there a fault anywhere NEAR D.C. by the way?

[MeshugeMikey]

Thank you.

[Paladin2]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

[Sarah Barracuda]

Did NOT feel this one thank goodness..the one last night at least for me wasn’t so bad, felt like rocking on a boat

[MeshugeMikey]

109km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan at 5.2

the ring of fire seems to be heating up

[Fiji Hill]

In 2011, there was a quake in Virginia that caused damage in DC.

[SevenofNine]

I felt it was just jolt then rollin

[MeshugeMikey]

I remember the World Series Quake...aka The Loma Preita...

I was nearly thrown from the seat of my car while driving!

I sense that given the activity around the ring of fire

109km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan another 5.2

that somethings brewing

[Paladin2]

The center of the Earth is still at AlGore’s millions of degrees I assume....

[MeshugeMikey]

but did the pols notice?
4.9
90km NW of Iquique, Chile
2014-03-29 17:20:29 UTC-07:0022.1 km
4.4
70km WNW of Iquique, Chile

I dont follow earthquake activity often enough to know how often the ring of fire has a series of quakes ofany size but I do know that if anywhere in the US deserves one....it would be the porn capital of the US ....ELAY

[windcliff]

I agree. It was almost soothing.

[MeshugeMikey]

BILLIONS of DEGREES!!! Billions and Billions of em!!....

[P-Marlowe]

A 4.1?

This is news?

[MeshugeMikey]

nothing like a good soothing earthquake after a hard week at work. I always say.

[MeshugeMikey]

it veiwed in the context of the rest of the sequence of quakes it appears to be.

[Sarah Barracuda]

I remember Northridge of course..before that, I remember the one that happened near Big Bear, forgot which year it was..I was too young to remember the Whittier Narrows quake, and of course the one we had two weeks ago near Encino that one was a pretty good shake..at least yesterday it wasn’t so bad, I don’t mind the swaying, just the violent shaking is what scares the poo outta me