This moderate quake was felt rather distinctly here in Claremont; two separate jolts from the arrivals of the P-wave (mostly vertical) and the S-wave (mostly horizontal) were noticed a few seconds apart. The earthquake appears to be a strike-slip event on (or near) the Whittier-Chino-Elsinore fault system. Peak ground accelerations recorded in the epicentral region were around 3% of g.
General Information |
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Region :
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6 mi. SSW of CHINO
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Date : |
05-JAN-1998
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Time (UT) : |
18:14:06.5
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Magnitude : |
4.3 MLG
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Latitude : |
33 deg. 56.4 min.
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Longitude : |
-117 deg. 42.6 min.
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Depth (km) |
7.8
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