Wednesday's earthquake in Orange County was the fifth of magnitude 2.0 and above that has struck the Southern California metro area in the last five days.
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in weak shaking in Orange County. The epicenter of the quake, just southeast of Costa Mesa, was underneath Mariners Park. Weak shaking was felt in Irvine, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Tustin, and Fountain Valley, according to people who reported the shaking to the U.S. Geological Survey's Did You Feel It? website. The earthquake struck at 1:46 p.m.
An earthquake of magnitude 7 would hit areas of Los Angeles west of downtown particularly hard. The 2017 study uncovered evidence that major earthquakes on the fault centuries ago were so violent they caused a section of Seal Beach near the Orange County coast to fall 1 1/2 to 3 feet in a matter of seconds. Wednesday's earthquake was the fifth of magnitude 2.0 and above that has struck the Southern California metro area in the last five days. Earlier Wednesday, a magnitude 2.
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