It has been 9 years since that was published....

I did a search on southern cal quakes from Nov 1994 that were 5 and greater and got this data:
#YYY MM DD HH mm SS.ss LATITUDE LONGITUDE Q MAG DEPTH NPH RMS EVID
1995 06 26 08 40 28.94 34 23.64-118 40.14 A 5.0 13.34187 0.28 3217586
1995 08 17 22 39 58.99 35 46.56-117 39.72 A 5.4 5.56156 0.17 3225143
1995 09 20 23 27 36.27 35 45.66-117 38.28 A 5.8 5.43147 0.20 3231786
1996 01 07 14 32 53.02 35 45.66-117 38.76 A 5.2 3.98126 0.18 3248846
1996 11 27 20 17 24.11 36 4.50-117 39.00 A 5.3 1.19131 0.20 7050470
1997 03 18 15 24 47.72 34 58.26-116 49.14 A 5.3 1.66181 0.27 7062511
1997 04 26 10 37 30.67 34 22.14-118 40.20 A 5.1 16.45183 0.27 9008753
1998 03 06 05 47 40.34 36 4.02-117 38.28 A 5.2 1.84145 0.18 9044494
1998 03 07 00 36 46.84 36 4.56-117 37.08 A 5.0 1.74146 0.19 9045109
1999 10 16 09 46 44.13 34 35.64-116 16.26 A 7.1 0.02 55 0.16 9108652
1999 10 16 09 59 35.20 34 40.68-116 17.52 A 5.8 10.82 56 0.25 3320848
1999 10 16 12 57 21.06 34 26.49-116 15.15 A 5.6 2.01 63 0.13 3320736
1999 10 21 01 54 34.17 34 52.44-116 23.46 A 5.1 0.97 56 0.24 3321590
1999 10 22 16 08 48.05 34 51.90-116 24.54 A 5.0 0.91140 0.21 9114812
2001 02 10 21 05 05.78 34 17.37-116 56.75 A 5.1 9.12249 0.25 9627721
2001 10 31 07 56 16.63 33 30.50-116 30.86 A 5.1 15.22116 0.26 9718013
2002 02 22 19 32 41.75 32 19.13-115 19.29 C 5.7 7.00 32 0.38 12456384
2003 02 22 12 19 10.58 34 18.59-116 50.88 A 5.4 1.23202 0.28 13935988

### Number of rows returned:18

You have to give some room for interpretation when someone says: "The entire Los Angeles Basin is becoming more seismically active, and the data from the Northridge quake reinforced the expectation that the area should continue to experience at least one 5.0 temblor or greater every year."

The LA Basin is a much different zone than just LA.

Also - if you want to post a link, put it in the Optional link URL field along with a description in Link title field and it will be automatic..

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