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Two small earthquakes have hit near Ontario, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Southland residents, who are among the Los Angelenos feeling the immense heat wave, also dealt with some minor shaking Saturday morning. The first quake to strike the area — later deemed a foreshock — was at 10:05…

United States Geological Survey confirms a 4.4 earthquake at 12:20 p.m. centered 4 km SSE of South Pasadena. The USGS initially reported the temblor at 4.6 and later downgraded it. There was at least one aftershock, pegged at 2.1. Shaking was felt as far south as San Diego and north to Santa Barbara…

A magnitude-5.2 earthquake hit North of Los Angeles County tonight and was felt across much of the region, with reports from Santa Monica to Camarillo to Long Beach to Dodger Stadium, where there were upwards of 47,000 in attendance. The quake was centered about 18.5 miles southwest of Bakersfield…

EXCLUSIVE: Earthquake, the acclaimed comedian otherwise known as Nathaniel Stroman, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Earthquake’s 2022 Netflix special, Chappelle’s Home Team – Legendary: Earthquake, was the first comedy special produced by Dave Chappelle that was not his own. His…

New research claims the shaking from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the south San Andreas fault posits that Los Angeles may see 50% less ground motion than previously predicted.  While “This is only one scenario,” said study co-author Te-Yang Yeh, a postdoctoral researcher at San Diego State…

As if a history-making tropical storm, flash flood warnings and high wind advisories weren’t enough, the Ojai area was hit with a 5.1 earthquake this afternoon around 2:41 p.m. The quake was believed to be centered slightly more than four miles from Ojai city center. Initial reports indicate little…

A Turkish TV reporter fled from a collapsing building during a live report on the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country in the early hours of Monday morning. Broadcasting from Malatya, a city in the east of Turkey, the A Haber reporter ran from a building as it gave way, creating a plume of…

Dave Chappelle will executive produce four new stand-alone comedy specials featuring comics personally selected by him as part of his Chappelle’s Home Team series for Netflix. The first special will spotlight D.C. comic Earthquake (The Neighborhood), premiering on February 28. Donnell Rawlings, one of Chappelle’s…

A year after NAACP’s production partnership with CBS Studios formally launched with the hire of Sheila Ducksworth as President, the venture has sold its first projects. The five shows — spanning platforms (broadcast and streaming) and genres (drama, dramedy, comedy, limited series), include a reboot of cult 1991 movie…

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 7.0 temblor centered near the Mexican resort of Acapulco on Tuesday Night. The earthquake was felt as far away as Mexico City, which is about 230 miles from the epicenter. Videos posted to social media showed buildings swaying, what looked like flashes from transformers blowing…

Is nature conspiring against the Tokyo Olympics? First the event was postponed by the Covid pandemic. Then, as the games went on despite a widespread resurgence of the virus, a typhoon hit the Japanese capital last week. Temperatures and humidity have been uncomfortably high, and today the region was hit by a…

An earthquake struck the Southern tip of California this morning and was felt in cities up to 90 miles away. The 5.3-magnitude temblor was part of a flurry of quakes in Imperial County that were reported, according to the United States Geological Survey. Though earthquake clusters are not rare near this region, the…