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1992 Big Bear earthquake 1992-06-28 15:05:33 289115 ci3031425 1992 6 28 08:05:33 PDT USGS Shakemap - 1992 Big Bear earthquake.jpg USA California California 34.05 -118.25 Los Angeles 100 left Green pog.svg
California 33.82 -116.53 Palm Springs 100 right Green pog.svg
California 34.29 -116.82 Bullseye1.png 40 1 290 center infobox 6.5 w y 5 km us flip 34.29 -116.82 region:US inline,title Strike-slip Inland Empire Southern California United States ≥$60 millionEland Ron Shake, rattle and roll: 20 years later http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/news/shake-rattle-and-roll-years-later/article_e7faf598-bff0-11e1-8058-0019bb2963f4.html Big Bear Grizzly June 27, 2012 November 15, 2019 November 16, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191116033534/http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/news/shake-rattle-and-roll-years-later/article_e7faf598-bff0-11e1-8058-0019bb2963f4.html dead VIII 5.2 w y June 28 at 14:43 5.3 w July 9 at 01:43 5.2 w Nov 27 at 16:00 5.1 w Dec 4 at 02:08 63 injuries
The 1992 Big Bear earthquake occurred at 08:05:33 PDT 15:0533 UTC on June 28 in Big Bear Lake, California, with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 5 km us.
Earthquake
The Big Bear earthquake happened east of Los Angeles, and 3 hours 8 minutes after the M 7.3 1992 Landers earthquake occurred 22 miles (35 km) to the east. It was first believed to be an aftershock of the larger event. However, the United States Geological Survey determined that it was a separate, but related, shock. The two events are considered a regional sequence, rather than a main shock and aftershock. They were part of a complex pattern of regional stress adjustment that also led to the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake. Tom Parsons
Douglas S. Dreger
July 1, 2000
Static-stress impact of the 1992 Landers earthquake sequence on nucleation and slip at the site of the 1999 M=7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, southern California
Geophysical Research Letters
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10.1029/1999GL011272
2000GeoRL..27.1949P
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thumb|A copy of the Seismograph printout at the Griffith Observatory, showing the Landers and Big Bear earthquakes on June 28th 1992
Damage
In the Big Bear area, severe damage was reported. Roughly 2,600 chimneys were destroyed, 20 homes were knocked off their foundations, and many unreinforced masonry structures partially or completely collapsed.http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/lan_0000.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20020603223939/http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/lan_0000.htm dead 2002-06-03 The Landers / Big Bear Earthquakes of June 28, 1992 John A. Martin & Associates, Inc. Ruptured gas pipelines and dislodged fuel tanks caused by the tremor sparked fires that destroyed additional structures. The earthquake also caused landslides in the San Bernardino Mountains,http://www.data.scec.org/significant/bigbear1992.html Big Bear Earthquake Southern California Earthquake Center May 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120618042335/http://www.data.scec.org/significant/bigbear1992.html June 18, 2012 dead blocking several roadways and creating dust clouds that led many to believe forest fires were occurring. The Stanfield Cutoff was heavily damaged, and had to be closed for several days for repairs.
Marilyn Quayle, wife of then-Vice President Dan Quayle, toured the damage in Big Bear. In total, approximately 40 percent of structures in the Big Bear area suffered some degree of damage, amounting to more than $60 million in losses. 63 injuries were attributed to this earthquake, most of which were minor.
See also
California
List of earthquakes in California
List of earthquakes in the United States
References
Analysis of broadband records from the 28 June 1992 Big Bear earthquake: Evidence of a multiple-event source https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/jhb1p-9zj25/files/688.full.pdf?download=1 L. E. Jones S. E. Hough Susan Hough 1995 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 85 3 690 10.1785/BSSA0850030688 1995BuSSA..85..688J 40788625
ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC January 19, 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0
PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1
M6.5 – Southern California https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00059t6#general_summary United States Geological Survey
External links
M 6.3 – 7km SSE of Big Bear City, CA – United States Geological Survey
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