Newport-Inglewood Fault

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The Newport-Inglewood Fault is a thrust underneath the Los Angeles metropolitan area in the US state of California . It runs approximately 46 miles (75 km) from Culver City in a southeasterly direction to Newport Beach and out into the Pacific Ocean .

The fault can be seen on the surface as a range of hills from Culver City to Signal Hill . It moves about 0.6 millimeters per year and the expected magnitude could reach a magnitude of 6.0 to 7.4 on the Richter scale .

Earthquake hazard

The Newport-Inglewood Fault was first discovered in 1920 after a 4.9 magnitude earthquake . Since there were no regulations for earthquake-proof construction at that time , there was major damage to houses and infrastructure in Inglewood . The Long Beach earthquake in March 1933 devastated large parts of the area along the crevice. The tremors reached a magnitude of 6.3 and resulted in 115 deaths.

On May 17, 2009, another earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 struck the Newport-Inglewood Fault. The epicenter was near Lennox . The tremors could still be felt in the distant cities of San Diego and Las Vegas . A 4.0 aftershock was measured shortly afterwards at the same point.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone. (No longer available online.) Southern California Earthquake Center , archived from the original on December 20, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.data.scec.org
  2. ↑ Earthquake Summary. (No longer available online.) United States Geological Survey , archived from the original on May 21, 2009 ; accessed on May 22, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  3. ↑ Historic Earthquakes - Long Beach, California 1933. (No longer available online.) United States Geological Survey , archived from the original on May 10, 2009 ; accessed on May 22, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  4. ↑ Magnitude 4.7 - Greater Los Angeles Area. (No longer available online.) United States Geological Survey , May 17, 2009, archived from the original on May 21, 2009 ; accessed on May 22, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / earthquake.usgs.gov
  5. ^ Magnitude 4.0 - Greater Los Angeles Area. United States Geological Survey , May 19, 2009, archived from the original on May 21, 2009 ; accessed on May 22, 2009 .