Los Angeles Earthquake Uncovers New Fault
Last week’s 5.4 magnitude earthquake happened on a fault scientists say they didn’t know about before.
Caltech Seismic Analyst Anthony Guarino says the fault is nine miles deep, and about halfway between the Whittier and Chino Faults.
“This earthquake was a thrust-type earthquake,” Guarino says. “Which means one block of the earth moved up past the other block.”
Guarino says the fault would not be able to do much more shaking than it did last week.
