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The Greater LA area was rattled by a strong earthquake at about 2:42 EDT this afternnoon. The quake was followed by a series of lesser aftershocks. The epicenter was located southeast of the city's downtown area, near the community of Chino Hills, and about 8 miles beneath the surface.
Here are some of the details. Here are some early reports. Here is the LA Times website.
And here are some reader reports from the scene.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
