Recent Publications
Hierarchical interlocked orthogonal faulting in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence Ross, Z. E., Idini, B., Jia, Z., Stephenson, O., Zhong, M., Wang, X., Zhan, Z., Simons, M., Fielding, E. J., Yun, S., Hauksson, E., Moore, A. W., Liu, Z., & Jung, J.
Exposing Los Angeles’s Shaky Geologic Underbelly Clayton, R. W., Persaud, P., Denolle, M. A., & Polet, J.
Length‐Scale‐Dependent Relationships between VS30 and Topographic Slopes in Southern California Lin, J. C., Moon, S., Yong, A., Meng, L., & Davis, P. M.
Biomarker Thermal Maturity Reveals Localized Temperature Rise From Paleoseismic Slip Along the Punchbowl Fault, CA, USA Savage, H. M., & Polissar, P. J.
A Geodesy‐ and Seismicity‐Based Local Earthquake Likelihood Model for Central Los Angeles Rollins, C., & Avouac, J.
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Recent Earthquakes
Earthquakes can happen at any time!
See recent earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in California and Nevada:
- M 2.8 - 15km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA
12/15/2019 6:57AM - M 2.9 - 21km N of Ridgecrest, CA
12/14/2019 11:31AM - M 2.5 - 4km NW of The Geysers, CA
12/13/2019 10:51PM - M 2.6 - 3km NE of New Idria, CA
12/13/2019 4:21PM - M 3.0 - 13km S of Mariposa, CA
12/13/2019 3:14PM - M 2.6 - 3km ENE of Brea, CA
12/13/2019 11:55AM - M 2.6 - 15km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
12/12/2019 6:28PM - M 2.8 - 8km WNW of Cobb, CA
12/12/2019 12:30PM - M 3.5 - 15km SW of Searles Valley, CA
12/12/2019 3:13AM - M 3.0 - 4km ENE of Lytle Creek, CA
12/12/2019 1:56AM
