Recent Earthquakes

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/