Saturday, March 29, 2014

Dunphy rocked by La Habra quake
Former BJ reporter John Dunphy got rocked by a magnitude-5.1 earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area Friday night. Its epicenter was in Orange County, one mile east of La Habra and four miles north of Fullerton. John and wife Rebecca Allen live in Lakewood, California.
More than 30 aftershocks were reported through the night. John reported a 3.6 aftershock Saturday morning.
John Dunphy's reaction  
  to La Habra earthquake 
with help from PhotoDraw
Southern Californians felt the shaking in Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. The quake was about 5 miles deep and 10 times larger than the March 17 magnitude-4.4 quake near in energy released.
Fire officials reported several small water main breaks and gas leaks in La Habra, Fullerton and La Mirada. Southern California Edison reported at least 2,000 customers without power.
The earthquake caused a rockslide in Carbon Canyon in Brea, overturning a car causing minor injuries to one person. Carbon Canyon Road was closed. 83 people were displaced from their homes in Fullerton. Twenty apartment units in Fullerton were evacuated. Three homes in Fullerton suffered major damage. Disneyland visitors were stuck on the Matterhorn ride.

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