Preliminary report on the 29 July 2008 Mw 5.4 Chino Hills, Eastern Los Angeles Basin, California, earthquake sequence
January 1, 2008
The 29 July 2008 Mw 5.4 Chino Hills earthquake was the largest event to occur within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region since the Mw 6.7 1994 Northridge earthquake. The earthquake was widely felt in a metropolitan region with a population of more than 10 million people and was recorded by hundreds of broadband and strong-motion instruments. In this report we present preliminary analysis of the event and discuss its significance within the seismotectonic framework of the northern Los Angeles basin as revealed by previous moderate earthquakes.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2008 |
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| Title | Preliminary report on the 29 July 2008 Mw 5.4 Chino Hills, Eastern Los Angeles Basin, California, earthquake sequence |
| DOI | 10.1785/gssrl.79.6.855 |
| Authors | Egill Hauksson, Karen R. Felzer, Doug Given, Michal Giveon, Susan E. Hough, Kate Hutton, Hiroo Kanamori, Volkan Sevilgen, Shengji Wei, Alan K. Yong |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Seismological Research Letters |
| Index ID | 70192312 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Earthquake Science Center |