LOS ANGELES — The earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert near the town of Ridgecrest last summer involved ruptures on a web of interconnected faults and increased strain on a major nearby fault that has begun to slowly move, according to a new study. Ruptures in the Ridgecrest earthquake...
Quake Damage Estimate Tops $5B at California Navy Base
LOS ANGELES — Earthquakes that struck California last month caused more than $5 billion in damage to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, a sprawling desert facility where some of the military's most advanced weapons are tested, according to an estimate made public Wednesday. A survey of nearly 3,600 buildings...
Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?
California was lucky. Again. The major earthquakes that rattled the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest earlier this month — a magnitude 6.4 temblor on July 4th followed a few days later by a whopping 7.1 quake felt throughout Southern California — were far from major population centers. Damage to people...
Quakes Alert Californians to be Ready for Dreaded 'Big One'
RIDGECREST — Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes. California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting...
Aftershocks Follow Strongest Cal Earthquake in 20 Years
LOS ANGELES — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and the Central Valley, as well as parts of Nevada on the July 4th holiday. The earthquake rattled nerves and caused injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm...