- Author
- EQE International
- Title
- Landers and Big Bear Earthquakes of June 28, 1992.
- Coporate
- EQE International, San Francisco, CA
- Keywords
- earthquakes | damage
- Identifiers
- Landers and Big Bear earthquakes, California, June 28, 1992
- Abstract
- On Sunday June 28, 1992, at 4:58 A.M. the most powerful U.S. earthquake in 40 years rumbled through Southern California. It was the largest earthquake in California since 1952 and the second largest since 1906. The Richter magnitude (M) 7.4 temblor was centered near the small desert community of Landers, approximately 110 miles east of Los Angeles and 30 miles north of Palm Springs. The earthquake was felt as far away as New Mexico, Colorado, and Idaho. Numerous significant aftershocks followed the event.