The Earthquake Itself
At 04:57 local time (11:57 UTC) on June 28, 1992, a large quake awoke much of Southern California. Though it turned out it was not the so-called "Big One" as many people would think, it was still a very strong earthquake. The shaking lasted for two to three minutes. Although this earthquake was a lot more powerful than the 1994 Northridge earthquake, its location out in the Mojave Desert meant that damage and loss of life were significantly less than what they could have been.
The earthquake was a right-lateral strike-slip event, and involved the rupture of several different faults over a length of 75 km (47 mi) to 85 km (53 mi). The names of those that were involved are the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo (also known as Landers), Homestead Valley, Homestead/Emerson, Emerson Valley and Camp Rock faults.
Read more about this topic: 1992 Landers Earthquake
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