Earthquake In California Los Angeles Today

Earthquake In California Los Angeles Today. The quake registered near Ridgecrest, California, near Death Valley National Park, on Friday night. The San Andreas fault, on the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate, runs directly through California, and the western US state has long braced for a devastating quake.

Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles (Nora Wagner)

People felt the quake in various parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Orange counties. Rides at Disneyland were evacuated, and so were When a significant earthquake is followed by a related and larger one — as has happened in California in recent days — seismologists refer to the first event as a foreshock. A state of emergency has been declared in Ridgecrest, California, following today's earthquake, the city's mayor, Peggy Breeden, told CNN's Dana Bash.