Earthquakes In California
<Rec. 9 p.m.) LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1. Four earthquakes rocked southern California last night. One caused extensive damage in Calemexico, on the Mexican border. Three of the tremors were believed centred near the border. The fourth, a less serious jolt, was felt in Los Angeles. In Pasadena, on the edge of Los Angeles, Dr. Charles Richter, seismologist of the California Institute of Technology, reported that the main shock measured 5.4 on a scale of 10. Dr. Richter said the three stronger tremors were probably centred near the Mexican border. “They .were strong enough to give quite a jolt if you were near the centre,” he said.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28758, 2 December 1958, Page 15
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