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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Earthquake 4.7 M - Greater Los Angeles area - 2 aftershocks

Update: 2110 hrs - Los Angeles Firefighters continue to assess their nearly 500 square mile
jurisdiction from the ground and air; Thusfar: No major fires; No major
structural damage; No serious injuries have been noted.
LAFD Stations in neighborhoods closest to the epicenter have reported no
signficant damage, fires or injuries in their communities; LAFD personnel
now allowed to rehouse their apparatus in those stations - LAFD Alerts - link

Earthquake maps:

3.1	Greater Los Angeles area, California	1 hour ago	Map
4.7	Greater Los Angeles area, California	1 hour ago	Map

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	4.7
Date-Time	Monday, May 18, 2009 at 03:39:36 UTC Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 08:39:36 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	33.940°N, 118.338°W
Depth	13.5 km (8.4 miles)
Region	GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances	2 km (1 miles) E (91°) from Lennox, CA 2 km (1 miles) SSE (159°) from Inglewood, CA 3 km (2 miles) NNE (22°) from Hawthorne, CA 7 km (4 miles) ENE (72°) from El Segundo, CA 15 km (10 miles) SSW (213°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.9 km (0.6 miles)
Parameters	Nph=139, Dmin=7 km, Rmss=0.42 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=O
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID	ci10410337

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Earthquake 4.7 M - Greater Los Angeles area - 2 aftershocks

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