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Granada Hills finally breaks through to beat Carson for City Section softball title
Addison Moorman could finally breathe. The senior pitcher couldn't hold her emotions back. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she embraced her teammates on Cal State Northridge's softball diamond. A year ago, she struck out 19 batters — only to fall short 1-0 in14 innings. Two years previous, Granada Hills was one run away from City Section glory. Advertisement On Saturday in Northridge, so close to home, the City Section Open Division title, the program's first since 1981, was Moorman's — and the Highlanders — to celebrate in an 11-2 drubbing of archrival Carson. Moorman put the team on her back, striking out 11 while giving up just four hits and two earned runs across her complete-game performance. 'It feels so good to go out on top, especially against [Carson],' said Moorman, who signed with Lehigh in November. 'To finally beat them, overcome that hurdle and then leave as a champion, feels really great.' Carson held a 1-0 lead early in the game when Atiana Rodriguez and Letu'u Simi combined for back-to-back doubles in the second inning, but from the bottom of the second onward, it was all Granada Hills at the plate. The Highlanders capitalized off of two Colts errors in the second inning. Second baseman Lainey Brown and right fielder Elysse Diaz singled home runs, while Giselle Merida tripled to bring home another. Advertisement 'I've been waiting,' said Diaz who went two for four with two RBIs and a double. 'It was just boiling and boiling and then here, [the offense] just exploded.' By the time Moorman returned to the circle for her third inning of work, Granada Hills had scored seven runs on six hits against Carson pitcher Giselle Pantoja — who shut the Highlanders down in 2024 — building a cushion for its star pitcher to go out and do what she'd done all season: dominate. ''Every time a pitcher always feels that burden of carrying the team, and [Moorman] dealt with it well,' said Granada Hills coach Ivan Garcia. 'Her character is greater than her talent, the way she handles her teammates, the way she leads by example. I mean, you wouldn't know that she's a star pitcher, the way she puts bases away, the way she cleans up.' Moorman made just one big mistake on Saturday — leaving a pitch over the plate to Colts center fielder Rylee Gardner, who desposited the ball over the center-field wall for a solo home run (her eighth of the year) in the sixth inning. Advertisement Otherwise, Moorman kept Carson off balance all game. She set down 13 consecutive batters between the second and sixth innings, striking out her 11th batter of the game as the penultimate at-bat of her high school career. For Moorman, winning a CIF title just 10 minutes away from Granada Hills High, was a moment worth savoring, she said. For Garcia — who said he was happy to see his team goofing off and having fun at a pregame lunch, loosening up before the biggest game of his coaching career — he is looking forward to the 1981 title no longer lurking around his shoulders. 'Third time's the charm,' he said. Earlier in the day in Northridge, Taft won its first City Section title in the softball program's history with an 8-3 victory over Marquez in the Division II final. Legacy made no doubt of its City Section Division I title triumph later Saturday afternoon, shutting out Port of Los Angeles 5-0. Advertisement Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Medtronic to separate diabetes business, WSJ reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic (MDT.N), opens new tab plans to separate its diabetes business into a stand-alone company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The new company, led by the head of Medtronic's diabetes division Que Dallara, will have around 8,000 employees and be based in Northridge, California, the report said. The separation is expected to be completed within 18 months, the paper added. Medtronics did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. Medtronic's diabetes business, which generated $2.5 billion in sales in the fiscal year ended April 2024, has been a focus of turnaround efforts by the company after it received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2021 regarding product safety issues.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top boys sports performers, IHSAA volleyball sectional results for May 12-17, 2025
This is a daily list of top high school sports performers for baseball, boys golf, boys volleyball and boys track and field in the South Bend area for May 12-17, 2025, compiled from information provided to The South Bend Tribune by coaches, athletic directors, and team statisticians, as well as scores and info from social media. More: Former Bremen, Kentucky softball star Erin Coffel ready to shine in new pro league Advertisement VOTE: YMCA South Bend Tribune Athlete of the Week, May 5-11, 2025 Results can be emailed to sports@ ahough@ and gdavidson@ BOYS VOLLEYBALL ― IHSAA SECTIONAL RESULTS This section will be used to update scores from the inaugural IHSAA boys volleyball sectionals being hosted at Elkhart and Michigan City this week. Any available stats from each match will also be added. At Elkhart (West campus/old Memorial HS) Match 1: Northridge 3, South Bend Adams 0 (25-11, 25-5, 25-14). Sophomore Jayse Runyan had 10 kills, seven aces and three digs, while junior Rhyan Otto had all 19 assists for Northridge. Adams ends with an 0-8 record. Advertisement Match 2: South Bend Saint Joseph 3, Mishawaka Marian 0 (25-13, 25-8, 25-20). No stats available as of the end of Tuesday 5/13. Marian ends with an 0-8 record. Match 3: South Bend Riley 3, Elkhart 2 (25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 28-30, 15-5). The Wildcats survived a furious Lions rally to advance to the semifinals. Austin Pflugner had 21 kills, Bradford Washington 15 and Aaron Burton 12 to combine for all the offense for the Wildcats. Pflugner also had 11 blocks and 21 digs, while his brother Tyler Pflugner had 37 assists. For the Lions, Noah Dibley had an impressive 37 digs, while Trevor Hilliard added 27. Elkhart finishes with a 9-14 record. Match 4: Penn 3, Warsaw 1 (25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24). The Kingsmen and Tigers played as competitive four sets as you possibly can, with Penn edging Warsaw to advance to the semifinals. Bryan Forbes had 19 kills and 11 digs, William Selis 28 digs and Jacoby Forbes 29 assists to pace Penn. Warsaw's final record is 10-8. Match 5: Northridge (9-10) vs. Saint Joseph (13-13), Sat. May 17, 10 a.m. Advertisement Match 6: South Bend Riley (15-15) vs. Penn (11-10), Sat. May 17, 11:30 a.m. Championship: Saturday, May 17, 4 p.m., Sat. May 17, 4 p.m. At Michigan City Match 1: Michigan City 3, La Porte 0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-13). Ethan Hlas had 10 kills and eight aces, while Mark Mills had 28 assists to lead the Wolves. La Porte ends with a 1-22 record. Match 2: Washington Township 3, Morgan Township 2 (25-17, 24-26, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13). Match 3: Westville 3, Tri-Township 0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-20). Match 4: South Central-Union Mills (15-6) vs. Chesterton (23-4), Thurs. May 15, 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT Match 5: Kouts (11-8) vs. Michigan City (14-13), Thurs. May 15, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT Advertisement Match 6: Washington Township (17-3) vs. Westville (8-17), Sat. May 17, noon ET/11 a.m. CT Match 7: Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner, Sat. May 17, 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT Championship: Saturday, May 17, 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Wednesday, May 14 INSC Championship meet event winners, final team standings 100-meter dash: Javen Jackson, Jimtown, 11.19 seconds; 200-meter dash: Parker VanDusen, Tippecanoe Valley, 22.83; 400-meter dash: Dylan Goff, Bremen, 50.95; 800-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 1:59.45; 1,600-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 4:45.44; 3,200-meter run: Luke Kincaid, Bremen, 10:28.93; 110-meter hurdles: Jake Conroy, Knox, 16.86; 300-meter hurdles: Lance Edison, LaVille, 42.00 (beat Bremen's Blake Grove by less than 0.001 seconds); 4x100-meter relay: Tippecanoe Valley (Parker VanDusen, Owen Omandi, Grady Moriarty, Hudson Shepherd), 44.26; 4x400-meter relay: Bremen (Carter Filson, Bryan Contreras, Broc Smessaert, Dylan Goff), 3:30.59; 4x800-meter relay: Bremen (Matthew Urbina, Bryan Contreras, Benjamin Brady, Luke Kincaid), 8:52.14; high jump: Javen Jackson, Jimtown, 6-01 feet; pole vault: Ryan Maenhout, LaVille, 11 feet; long jump: Dylan Miller, LaVille, 19-11.5 feet; shot put: Brayden House, Jimtown, 48-04.5 feet; discus: Noah Bolen, Knox, 138-01 feet. Team standings: Bremen 146 points, LaVille 119, Jimtown 70, John Glenn 63, Tippecanoe Valley 49, Knox 45. La Porte sets some records at DAC Championship Tayson Williams established a new championship meet record in the 200-meter dash, winning in 21.59 seconds. The school's 4x400-meter relay team of Williams, Gavin Wilson, Liam Lilly and Landyn Hunt set new meet and school records with a time of 3:20.49. Other event winners for the Slicers were Hunt in the 400-meter dash (48.94 seconds), Malachi Washington in shot put (51-07 feet) and the 4x800-meter relay team of Lilly, Hunt, Hunter Quadlin and Jack Miskowicz (8:12.66). La Porte finished second in the team standings behind Chesterton. Tuesday, May 13 NLC Championship meet event winners, final team standings 100-meter dash: Wyatt Mast, NorthWood, 10.97 seconds; 200-meter dash: Gavin Rulli, NorthWood, 22.28 seconds; 400-meter dash: Jaden Fisher, Northridge, 49.18 seconds; 800-meter run: Jackson Yoder, Concord, 1:54.98 breaking school record from 1981; 1,600-meter run: Jackson Gackenheimer, Warsaw, 4:13.44; 3,200-merer run: Jackson Gackenheimer, Warsaw, 9:21.97; 110-meter hurdles: Josh Sandy, Mishawaka, 15.16 seconds; 300-meter hurdles: Cole Figg, Plymouth, 40.15 seconds; 4x100-meter relay: Warsaw (Zahmari Terry, Jordan Randall, Tucker Reed, Evan Davis), 43.17 seconds; 4x400-meter relay: Northridge (Preston Ritchie, Xavier Miller, Baylor Miller, Jaden Fisher), 3:23.15; 4x800-meter relay: Concord (Reid Sollars, Jacob Hernandez, Jaxson Meyer, Jackson Yoder), 7:50.43 new meet record; high jump: Jordan Randall, Warsaw, 6-04 feet; long jump: Gavin Rulli, NorthWood, 21-07 feet; discus throw: Donovan Arnold, Concord, 165-06 feet; shot put: James Leiter, Warsaw, 57-11 feet; pole vault: Tucker Reed, Warsaw, 14 feet. Team standings: Warsaw 160 points, Concord 119, Northridge 100.5, NorthWood 100.5, Mishawaka 73.5, Plymouth 63, Goshen 61.5, Wawasee 52. BASEBALL Wednesday, May 14 NIC scores: Penn 2, New Prairie 0; Saint Joseph 29, Washington 0 (5 innings); Adams and Riley were delayed in the top of the 3rd with the Eagles ahead, 4-0; Marian and Elkhart were delayed in the bottom of the 2nd with Elkhart ahead, 2-0. With these results, the conference title will be decided next week when Penn (12-0 NIC) and Saint Joe (11-1) face off. The teams will play at Penn Tuesday, May 20, then at Saint Joseph's North Field Complex Wednesday, May 21. If Penn sweeps or the teams split, the Kingsmen are outright champs. If the Huskies sweep, they are the outright champs. Highlights from Wednesday's action: Advertisement William Barnes had an RBI triple, while Cayden Stockbridge threw five shutout innings for Penn. Saint Joseph scored 17 runs in the top of the third inning alone. NLC scores: Concord 6, Mishawaka 3; Warsaw 4, NorthWood 3; Plymouth 8, Goshen 1; Northridge 5, Wawasee 4 (8 innings). Warsaw now has a one-game lead on Northridge and two-game cushion over Mishawaka for the NLC title with three conference games remaining for most (a handful have four due to weather postponements from earlier in the season). Key performers from Wednesday: Max Herman had two singles and three RBIs for Concord in the upset win over Mishawaka. Myles Jones struck out 11 in five innings. Northridge won on a walk-off wild pitch. Kam Radeker had the game-tying RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning, which eventually led to extra innings. Plymouth exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away from Goshen. Preston Wolfe pitched a complete game, while Ben Shively had three hits and two RBIs. North of the state line, Carter Houseworth had five RBIs for Edwardsburg in a 12-1 win over Sturgis. They won the second game of the doubleheader, 12-5, with Jaxon Reinhart driving in five runs in that game. Brandywine only needed three innings to beat Eau Clare, 23-0, in part to Mason Simmons' five RBIs. Tuesday, May 13 NIC scores: Penn 9, New Prairie 3; Saint Joseph 14, Washington 0 (5 innings); Adams 15, Riley 2 (5 innings). Mishawaka Marian and Elkhart was postponed to Thurs. 5/15 due to weather. Highlights included: Advertisement Mason Braun and River Pecina both hitting home runs as Penn improved to 22-1 (11-0 NIC). Wesson Hoke driving in four runs for Adams. Joe Washburn recording three runs scored and Owen Balint two RBIs for Saint Joseph. Monday, May 12 NLC scores: Goshen 3, Mishawaka 0; Northridge 7, Concord 0; NorthWood 10, Wawasee 0 (5 innings); Warsaw 8, Plymouth 2. Mishawaka's loss leaves Warsaw as the sole leader in the NLC as of May 12 with an 8-2 conference mark. Mishawaka and Northridge both each have three NLC losses. Highlights from Monday included: Ryen Diaz twirled a gem for Goshen, going the distance, surrendering just four hits and recording seven strikeouts in the shutout win over Mishawaka. Braxton Cline had an RBI double for the RedHawks. Braxton Nagy pitching a complete game with eight strikeouts for Northridge. He's now 6-0 on the season. Ryder Ransberger had three RBIs, while Mason Bogan pitched a one-hitter across five innings for NorthWood. Ben McAlister pitched a complete game and had an RBI in a 6-2 win for Jimtown over South Bend Adams. John Glenn pulled off a 5-4 upset win over Elkhart. James Messer had two doubles and an RBI for the Falcons in the win. BOYS GOLF Monday, May 12 Saint Joseph moved into the driver's seat of the NIC race with a dramatic, one-shot win over Penn, 160-161. Thomas Raster led the Huskies to victory with a 36. This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Best South Bend area boys sports performers, May 12-17
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Science
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This little-known earthquake fault has been quiet. But it can unleash devastation across SoCal
Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so infamous that their names are burned into the state's collective consciousness. There is, of course, the mighty San Andreas, whose massive slip caused the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and whose notoriety has sparked multiple movies, video games, books, T-shirts and collectibles. Also well known in L.A. is the Newport-Inglewood fault, which unleashed the 1933 Long Beach earthquake — the deadliest temblor in Southern California's modern history. The large earthquake fault close to the one that moved Monday morning in the mountains of San Diego County, however, is comparatively obscure. But the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and believe more people should know about. The Elsinore fault zone is actually one of the largest in Southern California, according to Caltech, but "in historical times, has been one of the quietest." However, that inactivity belies a devastating potency. The fault is capable of generating a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, said seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research associate. "The Elsinore fault is one of the major risks in Southern California," Jones said. The Elsinore fault zone runs from the Sonoran Desert in Imperial County through the western edge of Riverside County communities like Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore. By the time it reaches Corona, it splits into two segments — the Chino fault, which heads toward Chino Hills; and the Whittier fault, which is near or bisects the L.A. County suburbs of Whittier, La Habra Heights, Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights, and La Habra, Brea and Yorba Linda in Orange County. A particularly frightening, and plausible, prospect would be an earthquake that races up the Elsinore fault northwest onto the Whittier fault. That would "pour all the energy straight into the L.A. Basin. It's one of the scary earthquakes," Jones said. According to one hypothetical scenario published by the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the Elsinore fault zone, including the Whittier fault, could bring "violent" shaking — enough to heavily damage buildings or even jolt them off their foundations — over a relatively large area of the Southland, including El Monte, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Pico Rivera, Whittier, La Habra, Brea, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Chino Hills, Corona, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. That's a much larger area than the part of the San Fernando Valley that saw "violent" shaking during the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which was a magnitude 6.7. "Severe" shaking — enough to topple chimneys and greatly damage poorly built buildings — may be felt a bit farther away from the ruptured fault, including in downtown L.A., East L.A., Long Beach, Alhambra, West Covina, Pomona, Ontario, Riverside, Downey, Norwalk, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim, Orange, Irvine and Lake Forest. And "very strong" shaking could be felt farther out, including the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, South Bay, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Orange County coast, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana and San Bernardino. No earthquake in modern times has been this powerful, or triggered such substantial, damaging shaking across such a wide swath of California. Southern California's last magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred in 1857, when the San Andreas ruptured between Monterey and Los Angeles counties. The last equivalent temblor in Northern California was the great 1906 earthquake, which ruptured the San Andreas between Humboldt and Santa Cruz counties and destroyed much of San Francisco. The Elsinore fault can be thought of as a sibling of the San Andreas, along with the sizable San Jacinto fault, said Kate Scharer, research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. The San Jacinto fault zone starts at the Cajon Pass and moves southeast through San Bernardino and Riverside County before heading into Imperial County. The three faults all move at relatively fast rates on average — meaning each is, generally speaking, more likely to rupture during the span of a human lifetime. The San Andreas and San Jacinto move at an average rate of 20 millimeters a year, while the Elsinore moves at a more modest clip of about 5 millimeters a year. By contrast, the notorious Newport-Inglewood fault moves far slower, at a rate of 1 millimeter a year. "There's some risk that it could be the next one," Scharer said of the risk of a Big One on the Elsinore fault zone. "We focus so much on the San Andreas, but we have this whole suite of active faults that are accumulating strain." Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor was an uneasy reminder of the fault's power. While the quake, which was centered near Julian, sent shaking across the region, there were no reported injuries or major damage. But that might not be the case next time, especially if a quake strikes closer to major cities. Monday's earthquake resulted in at least nine aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 or greater, including a magnitude 4 a little more than an hour later. Monday's magnitude 5.2 earthquake was preceded a day earlier by a magnitude 3.3 earthquake, which is now considered a foreshock. The San Jacinto fault zone is quite dangerous in its own right — cutting right through the heart of the Inland Empire, underneath many highly populated areas. It's possible the San Jacinto and San Andreas faults could rupture together in a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. California is at major risk of significant earthquakes because it sits on the edge of a tectonic plate boundary, where the Pacific plate — upon which sits San Diego, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara — is slowly moving northwest relative to the North American plate, upon which sits San Francisco, the Central Valley and Big Bear Lake. That strain accumulates over decades and centuries, and is eventually unleashed in the form of earthquakes around that tectonic plate boundary. The Elsinore is a very long fault. The longer the rupture goes in an earthquake, the more total seismic energy is produced. "The analogy is like an instrument — a little, small kazoo, you can't make it very loud," Scharer said. "But if you get to an oboe ... you can get a much louder sound because it's such a bigger instrument, so more energy can basically be pumped through that system." Some of California's biggest cities have made strides in requiring seismically vulnerable buildings to be retrofitted, but vulnerabilities remain. A Times investigation published in November found that a number of Southern California's suburbs had no active plans to require flimsy apartment buildings, known as "soft-story," to be retrofitted against earthquakes. One particular dangerous spot is the Inland Empire, where brick buildings — a hazard seemed so dangerous that L.A. ordered them fixed or demolished decades ago — are still a threat, despite the fault zones lying underneath the region. Another risk is possibly defective steel frame buildings, which are required to be retrofitted in a few cities, like Torrance, Santa Monica and West Hollywood, but not in Los Angeles. Los Angeles and Orange counties have had little experience with severely damaging earthquakes during the last generation. Since 1998, there has been only one earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater under Los Angeles and Orange counties. That was a 2014 magnitude 5.1 earthquake centered in Brea, which caused more than $2.5 million in damage in that city, Fullerton and La Habra. There was also the magnitude 5.4 Chino Hills earthquake of 2008. Centered in San Bernardino County, but just east of Los Angeles and Orange counties, it caused little damage. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
15-04-2025
- Science
- Los Angeles Times
This little-known earthquake fault has been quiet. But it can unleash devastation across SoCal
Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so infamous that their names are burned into the state's collective consciousness. There is, of course, the mighty San Andreas, whose massive slip caused the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and whose notoriety has sparked multiple movies, video games, books, T-shirts and collectibles. Also well known in L.A. is the Newport-Inglewood fault, which unleashed the 1933 Long Beach earthquake — the deadliest temblor in Southern California's modern history. The large earthquake fault close to the one that moved Monday morning in the mountains of San Diego County, however, is comparatively obscure. But the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and believe more people should know about. The Elsinore fault zone is actually one of the largest in Southern California, according to Caltech, but 'in historical times, has been one of the quietest.' However, that inactivity belies a devastating potency. The fault is capable of generating a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, said seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research associate. 'The Elsinore fault is one of the major risks in Southern California,' Jones said. The Elsinore fault zone runs from the Sonoran Desert in Imperial County through the western edge of Riverside County communities like Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore. By the time it reaches Corona, it splits into two segments — the Chino fault, which heads toward Chino Hills; and the Whittier fault, which is near or bisects the L.A. County suburbs of Whittier, La Habra Heights, Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights, and La Habra, Brea and Yorba Linda in Orange County. A particularly frightening, and plausible, prospect would be an earthquake that races up the Elsinore fault northwest onto the Whittier fault. That would 'pour all the energy straight into the L.A. Basin. It's one of the scary earthquakes,' Jones said. According to one hypothetical scenario published by the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the Elsinore fault zone, including the Whittier fault, could bring 'violent' shaking — enough to heavily damage buildings or even jolt them off their foundations — over a relatively large area of the Southland, including El Monte, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Pico Rivera, Whittier, La Habra, Brea, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Chino Hills, Corona, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. That's a much larger area than the part of the San Fernando Valley that saw 'violent' shaking during the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which was a magnitude 6.7. 'Severe' shaking — enough to topple chimneys and greatly damage poorly built buildings — may be felt a bit farther away from the ruptured fault, including in downtown L.A., East L.A., Long Beach, Alhambra, West Covina, Pomona, Ontario, Riverside, Downey, Norwalk, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim, Orange, Irvine and Lake Forest. And 'very strong' shaking could be felt farther out, including the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, South Bay, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Orange County coast, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana and San Bernardino. No earthquake in modern times has been this powerful, or triggered such substantial, damaging shaking across such a wide swath of California. Southern California's last magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred in 1857, when the San Andreas ruptured between Monterey and Los Angeles counties. The last equivalent temblor in Northern California was the great 1906 earthquake, which ruptured the San Andreas between Humboldt and Santa Cruz counties and destroyed much of San Francisco. The Elsinore fault can be thought of as a sibling of the San Andreas, along with the sizable San Jacinto fault, said Kate Scharer, research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. The San Jacinto fault zone starts at the Cajon Pass and moves southeast through San Bernardino and Riverside County before heading into Imperial County. The three faults all move at relatively fast rates on average — meaning each is, generally speaking, more likely to rupture during the span of a human lifetime. The San Andreas and San Jacinto move at an average rate of 20 millimeters a year, while the Elsinore moves at a more modest clip of about 5 millimeters a year. By contrast, the notorious Newport-Inglewood fault moves far slower, at a rate of 1 millimeter a year. 'There's some risk that it could be the next one,' Scharer said of the risk of a Big One on the Elsinore fault zone. 'We focus so much on the San Andreas, but we have this whole suite of active faults that are accumulating strain.' Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor was an uneasy reminder of the fault's power. While the quake, which was centered near Julian, sent shaking across the region, there were no reported injuries or major damage. But that might not be the case next time, especially if a quake strikes closer to major cities. Monday's earthquake resulted in at least nine aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 or greater, including a magnitude 4 a little more than an hour later. Monday's magnitude 5.2 earthquake was preceded a day earlier by a magnitude 3.3 earthquake, which is now considered a foreshock. The San Jacinto fault zone is quite dangerous in its own right — cutting right through the heart of the Inland Empire, underneath many highly populated areas. It's possible the San Jacinto and San Andreas faults could rupture together in a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. California is at major risk of significant earthquakes because it sits on the edge of a tectonic plate boundary, where the Pacific plate — upon which sits San Diego, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara — is slowly moving northwest relative to the North American plate, upon which sits San Francisco, the Central Valley and Big Bear Lake. That strain accumulates over decades and centuries, and is eventually unleashed in the form of earthquakes around that tectonic plate boundary. The Elsinore is a very long fault. The longer the rupture goes in an earthquake, the more total seismic energy is produced. 'The analogy is like an instrument — a little, small kazoo, you can't make it very loud,' Scharer said. 'But if you get to an oboe ... you can get a much louder sound because it's such a bigger instrument, so more energy can basically be pumped through that system.' Some of California's biggest cities have made strides in requiring seismically vulnerable buildings to be retrofitted, but vulnerabilities remain. A Times investigation published in November found that a number of Southern California's suburbs had no active plans to require flimsy apartment buildings, known as 'soft-story,' to be retrofitted against earthquakes. One particular dangerous spot is the Inland Empire, where brick buildings — a hazard seemed so dangerous that L.A. ordered them fixed or demolished decades ago — are still a threat, despite the fault zones lying underneath the region. Another risk is possibly defective steel frame buildings, which are required to be retrofitted in a few cities, like Torrance, Santa Monica and West Hollywood, but not in Los Angeles. Los Angeles and Orange counties have had little experience with severely damaging earthquakes during the last generation. Since 1998, there has been only one earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater under Los Angeles and Orange counties. That was a 2014 magnitude 5.1 earthquake centered in Brea, which caused more than $2.5 million in damage in that city, Fullerton and La Habra. There was also the magnitude 5.4 Chino Hills earthquake of 2008. Centered in San Bernardino County, but just east of Los Angeles and Orange counties, it caused little damage.
