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Subj: Today in History - Jun 28
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1992
Two big quakes rock California
Two of the strongest earthquakes ever to hit California strike
the desert area east of Los Angeles on this day in 1992. Although
the state sits upon the immense San Andreas fault line,
relatively few major earthquakes have hit California in modern
times. Two of the strongest, but not the deadliest, hit southern
California on a single morning in the summer of 1992.
Just before 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning, a 7.3-magnitude quake
struck in Landers, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. Because the
Landers area is sparsely populated, damage was relatively minor
given the intensity of the jolt. In Los Angeles, residents
experienced rolling and shaking for nearly a minute. The tremors
were also felt in Arizona, Las Vegas and as far away as Boise,
Idaho.
Just over three hours later, a second 6.3-magnitude tremor hit in
Big Bear, not too far from the original epicenter. This quake
caused fires to break out and cost three people their lives. A
chimney fell on a 3-year-old child and two people suffered fatal
heart attacks. Between the two quakes, 400 people were injured
and $92 million in damages were suffered. The physical damage was
also significant. The quakes triggered landslides that wiped out
roads and opened a 44-mile-long rupture in the earth, the biggest
in California since the 1906 San Francisco quake.
73 - K.O., n0kfq
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