More than 100 aftershocks rattle Calif. after strong quake

The earthquake has a moderate magnitude but because of the shallow depth and our experience with similar earthquakes in China, earthquale-report.com is convinced that this earthquake almost certainly will generate Hit the floor and covered my head from items flying off the shelves all around me. whole building moving/ceiling ripplo=ing and floor rising and falling. very strong quake, very frightening and still getting strong aftershocks today in fullerton CA.

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes Los Angeles area today as the tension tries to release on all the fault lines that radiate out from the San Andreas edge. Here is how the quake is traveling today based on the time of quakes:.

"The stress that is released on faults by the moderate earthquakes like the one last night and the aftershocks that follow really don't amount to very much," Given said. "They're a very small fraction of the total stress built up in the Earth's crust

"The stress that is released on faults by the moderate earthquakes like the one last night and the aftershocks that follow really don't amount to very much," Given said. "They're a very small fraction of the total stress built up in the Earth's crust

Fifty years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., a magnitude 9.2 earthquake grabbed hold of south-central Alaska and started shaking. It didn't cease for more than four minutes and was felt as far away as Texas and Louisiana. Fissures split the ground, land slid