The Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Tuesday raised the attention level for two earthquake faults, saying they’re actually a single system that could produce devastating temblors affecting Tijuana to the Los Angeles region. If offshore segments of the Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon fault system ruptured, they could generate a magnitude 7.3 quake capable of damaging […]
USGS geologist Kate Scharer led a team that investigated the timing of sand, mud and gravel deposits that were episodically ripped apart by earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault over the last 1,200 years. They found evidence of 10 ground-rupturing earthquakes between 800 A.D. and the last rupture in 1857. “In the area of the Grapevine […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Wendy Fry, Alejandro Alejandre, and Stephen Stock
Some 700,000 Californians are currently being exposed to contaminated water at home or at school, according to the latest data from California’s Water Resources Control Board. NBC 7 discovered more than 3,000 of those residents are living in the San Diego region, often in poorer, rural communities located within areas of Potrero, Pauma Valley and […]
NBC 7 has learned three schools in the San Marcos Unified School District were involved in testing for lead levels in water provided to students on campus. Of the three schools, one had a water fountain with lead levels higher than acceptable, district officials confirmed Tuesday. The district recently tested the water at three schools […]
San Diego-Los Angeles Fault Could Produce 7.4 Earthquake
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary RobbinsThe Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Tuesday raised the attention level for two earthquake faults, saying they’re actually a single system that could produce devastating temblors affecting Tijuana to the Los Angeles region. If offshore segments of the Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon fault system ruptured, they could generate a magnitude 7.3 quake capable of damaging […]
USGS Updates Forecast Of When A Major Quake Might Strike LA Region
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Nick RomanUSGS geologist Kate Scharer led a team that investigated the timing of sand, mud and gravel deposits that were episodically ripped apart by earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault over the last 1,200 years. They found evidence of 10 ground-rupturing earthquakes between 800 A.D. and the last rupture in 1857. “In the area of the Grapevine […]
Thousands of Californians Have Contaminated Water Coming From Taps
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Wendy Fry, Alejandro Alejandre, and Stephen StockSome 700,000 Californians are currently being exposed to contaminated water at home or at school, according to the latest data from California’s Water Resources Control Board. NBC 7 discovered more than 3,000 of those residents are living in the San Diego region, often in poorer, rural communities located within areas of Potrero, Pauma Valley and […]
Safe To Drink?: San Marcos Schools Tested For Lead In Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby Wendy FryNBC 7 has learned three schools in the San Marcos Unified School District were involved in testing for lead levels in water provided to students on campus. Of the three schools, one had a water fountain with lead levels higher than acceptable, district officials confirmed Tuesday. The district recently tested the water at three schools […]