value five.three earthquake moves close to channel islands; no damage said

a magnitude five.three earthquake struck near the channel islands on Thursday afternoon, u.s. the geological survey stated. the quake was the most powerful in southern California in several years.

the temblor passed off just earlier than 12:30 p.m. and became targeted south of santa cruz island. it turned into felt as a long way away as bakersfield, Palmdale and the metropolis of orange, in keeping with witnesses and the usgs.

sgt. eric buschow, public facts officer for the ventura county sheriff's office, stated the office had acquired no reports of great accidents or harm and no big influx of 911 calls since the earthquake struck.

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the l. a. place feels an earthquake of this importance on average approximately once a 12 months, said john vidale, director of the southern california earthquake middle at usc.

there's a 1 in 20 danger that thursday's quake will result in a larger one inside the following couple of weeks, he stated. but, more than in all likelihood, smaller aftershocks that might not also be felt will follow, he stated.

the quake changed into too small and a ways away from the coast to trigger any tsunami worries.

"it'd in no way make a wave that you could see," he stated.

the los angeles police department stated it had no longer obtained any reports of injuries or damage.

the quake become to begin with stated as a magnitude five.zero and upgraded later to five.three.

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whilst there had been no on the spot reports of damage, the quake changed into felt throughout a wide location and become a blunt reminder that california is earthquake country.

the last quake to be felt this broadly in the l.a. area became a four.four quake in encino in 2014. that quake additionally shook a huge location and was the largest inside the l. a. place in 4 years. that temblor became stated with the aid of seismologists as the strongest to hit at once beneath the santa monica mountains inside the 80 years.

the epicenter of thursday's quake turned into south of the channel islands. a 4.eight significance quake in the identical area rattled the area in 2013.

the santa barbara location is domestic to a number of earthquake faults, the largest of that's the santa ynez fault, that is eighty miles long and runs simply north of the town. that fault is believed to be capable of triggering an earthquake as powerful as importance 7.five.

the fantastic santa barbara quake of 1925, recorded at a significance 6.8, destroyed a whole lot of the town's downtown on state avenue, damaged rail lines, triggered extensive landslides and changed into felt as far away as orange county. it killed thirteen humans.