Recent LA Area Earthquakes

Last night I was rudely awakened by an earthquake. I previously wrote about the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program website. It presents basic seismic data (intensity and location) and is also packed with many other features (e.g., interactive map, regional information, crowdsourcing of intensity estimation of fatalities and economic losses, aftershock forecasts, and much more).

However, there is another website that is maintained by the City of Los Angeles that profiles recent LA-area earthquakes: https://earthquake.lacity.org. Perhaps the appeal of this site is its simplicity.

In my observation from social media posts, most people talk about 2 obvious pieces of data: seismic intensity and location of the epicenter. Perhaps the simplicity of the site is its main appeal.

The Recent LA Area Earthquakes does provide a slightly different view of earthquake data by presenting the strongest earthquake in the past 24 hours, the number of 1.0+ earthquakes in the past 24 hours, and a table of all 1.0+ earthquakes in the last 24 hours. However, it is done in a clear and concise manner.

Additional resources include links for getting prepared, getting notified, and the ShakeAlertLA app for iOS and Android.