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3.5 earthquake rattles Los Angeles

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APRIL13,2015,5:57AM
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LOCAL

magnitude3.5earthquakewasreportedSundaynightaboutahalfmilefromView
ParkWindsorHillsinSouthLosAngeles,accordingtotheU.S.GeologicalSurvey.
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Thetembloroccurredat9:17p.m.Pacifictimeandoccurredatadepthof6miles,accordingto
CALIFORNIA

theUSGS.

SPORTS
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AlthoughtremorswerefeltacrosslargeswathsofSouthernCalifornia,theepicenterwaslocated

neartheBaldwinHillsoilfieldsandtheKennethHahnStateRecreationArea,abouteightmiles
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westofdowntownLosAngeles.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Theproximitytotheoilfieldsleftsometospeculateonsocialmediathattheearthquakeowedto

BUSINESS

heavydrillinginthearea.

OPINION

ButDr.LucyJones,aUSGSseismologist,wroteonTwitterthatthequakeoccurrednearthe

NATION

WORLD

NewportInglewoodfaultandatadepth"waybelowtheoilfields."
"ThefocalmechanismmatchestheNewportInglewoodfaultwhichwasproducing
[earthquakes]longbeforewewerepumpingoil,"Joneswrote.

LIFESTYLE

Theepicenterwasabout2,000feetfromthatofamagnitude2.5earthquakewhichwasreported

TRAVEL

at4:35p.m.Thesmallerquakewasaforeshockthattypicallyprecedeslargerseismicactivity,
Jonessaid.A1.3magnitudeafterschockoccurredat10:37p.m.
AUTOS
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Inresponse,theLosAngelesFireDepartmentwentintoearthquakemode,withfirefighters
REALESTATE
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fanningoutacrossthecitytosurveyforpossibledamage.
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Aftercrewsfromall106LAFDstationsinspectedstrategicareasacross470squaremilesofthe
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city,nodamagewasidentified,accordingtofiredepartmentspokesmanShawnLenske.

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UPDATE
5:50amAftershockupdate

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/lamelnearthquakejoltslosangeles20150412story.html

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