A tsunami from an underground volcano near Tonga hit the Small Craft Harbor in Santa Cruz on Jan, 15, 2022. But in Laguna Beach, advance knowledge of the tsunami hazard area shows that it’s relatively small, and walking a few blocks away could make a difference. Seal Beach and the surrounding area The tsunami hazard zone around Seal Beach, including …
The first earthquake Thursday was at 4:52 p.m., occurred along the Newport Beach-Costa Mesa border. A trio of Southern California earthquakes have struck in the area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa in the last two days, with a pair rumbling late Thursday afternoon. The first earthquake Thursday, at 4:52 p.m., occurred along the Newport Beach-Costa Mesa border. That was …
The epicenter of Friday night’s earthquake was in Huntington Beach. A magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Huntington Beach on Friday night, rattling some nerves. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there was light shaking at the epicenter as defined by the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, with the shaking intense enough to be felt indoors by many — feeling perhaps like a …
