5.3 Quake Last Month Has Landslide Lessons
Written by 991KBU on May 4, 2018
The Ventura County Star has a great article today about the recent magnitude 5 point 3 earthquake just off the coast of the island to the west of Malibu.
The magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit one month ago … in the middle of the morning … with an epicenter just off of Santa Rosa Island.
That’s about 40 miles west of Malibu.
It cracked the bricks at a historic ranch house on the island and triggered some large landslides out there.
The U S Geologic Survey says the earthquake was in an area where not a lot is known about the fault structures that bend and warp around the east west mountains that make up Malibu and the Channel Islands.
On a geologic scale … there have been thousands or maybe millions of earthquakes in this area.
But in modern times not since 1945.
If you’re interested in local geology … we recommend this article to you.
We have a link posted to it on the KBUU newswire.
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2018/05/03/channel-islands-earthquake-help-california-landslide-reserach/495343002/
