List of recent earthquakes in our region: http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html
And: https://earthquaketrack.com/us-ca-newport-beach/recent
If there is a significant earthquake, the Facebook Safety Check will be activated– use that here to let your loved ones know you’re safe:
https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/
For more information about how to be prepared, check out our award-winning Civilian Emergency Response Team, CERT. Large map here.
Information live-sourced from CalTech, below:
How big is a quake? You can generally tell just by the shaking time!
Time | Magnitude |
1s | <4 |
2s | ~4 |
5s | ~5 |
15s | ~6.6 |
30s | ~7.4 |
1m | ~7.9 |
2m | ~8.3 |
3m | ~8.8 |
4m | >9 |
If you would like to check out the local monitoring stations, the closest ones to Newport are:
Inspiration Point
Laguna Bell
Padua
MacArthur Park
Catalina Island Airport
Palos Verdes
Sam W. Stewart
Santiago
The live-data is provided at https://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/