Breaking ... Multiple reports on Twitter of an earthquake felt in Southern California. Stay tuned.
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KCAL-TV Channel 9 reports a 5.0 quake centered in Ojai, Ventura County. A 5.0 is capable of minor to moderate damage in the immediate vicinity. It's about 80 miles from Ojai to Los Angeles.
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KCAL-TV Channel 9 is livestreaming both #Hilary and Ojai earthquake coverage.
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KCAL reports USGS has upgraded to 5.1, three aftershocks at 3+.
Strictly based on a Google search, the San Cayetano Fault runs through Ojai.
(Ojai is not near the San Andreas Fault.)
A 5.1 quake can cause minor to moderate damage to structures near the epicenter, especially older structures. It's not unusual for the epicenter to have a communicatons blackout until services are restored.
I suspect we'll get pictures of merchandise down in stores, broken windows here and there, perhaps a collapsed chimney on an older home. But it will take time.
It will take time, but the local newspaper is the Ojai Valley News. I suspect some of the earliest reports of damage (if any) will show up here.
Retired USGS seismologist (and SoCal legend) Dr. Lucy Jones livestreaming on KCAL-TV. She says there were a number of 2s yesterday in Ojai before today's 5.1. She says the San Cayetano Fault is the most likely suspect, but will require field inspection to confirm.
California has an early warning alert system that sends a message to an app on your phone to let you know you're about to feel shaking. It's location specific, so it won't do you any good in Florida (I've tried), but lots of media reports this afternoon that the alert system worked.
For those of you with #CoSoPro, it's livestreaming Ventura County Fire. I just heard them responding to "some damage at the dorm," whatever that was. So may be getting our first reports of earthquake damage.
Edit ... KCAL reports the response is to Thomas Aquinas College not far from the epicenter.
KCAL-TV reporting an Ojai-area "wine boutique" lost about 20% of its inventory off the shelves.
@WordsmithFL Oh, how many wine boutiques have I visited in Ojai? Ugh.