Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2024, 4.4 Earthquake Was Centered On Notorious L.A. Fault System
Seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research associate, said the earthquake, centered in the Eastside neighborhood of El Sereno, occurred on the Puente Hills thrust fault system. It’s the same overall fault network that produced the 1987 Whittier Narrows magnitude 5.9 earthquake — which killed eight people and caused some $358 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.5 quake in the Puente Hills thrust fault system — which runs under highly populated areas of L.A. and Orange counties — could kill 3,000 to 18,000 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center. The economic loss could be up to $252 billion, which could be the costliest disaster in U.S. history.
