[quote=BKinLA]Looks like it’s been downgraded to a 5.4 magnitude.
Of course, the 5.8 factor still applies to the impact on the So Cal housing market as a result of the tremor. “Honey, pack your bags. We’re going back to Kansas!”
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The odd thing is that they are about 3 times as likely to die in a tornado in Kansas than an earthquake in LA.
In the past 20 years about 50 people have died in tornados in the state of Kansas, population 2.7 Million. A rate of 18 per million people.
IN the past 20 years about 72 people have died as a result of earthquake in the Los Angeles Metro area, population 12.8 million. .
A rate of 5.6 per million people.
