Newport Beach homeowners are rattled after two earthquakes hit the area yesterday.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Newport Beach, California on Thursday. The earthquake happened at 4:52 p.m., about 1 mile northeast of Newport Beach, at a depth of 7 miles. An aftershock of magnitude-3.4 earthquake occurred at 5:04 p.m., nearly 2 miles northeast of Newport Beach.
Residents of Long Beach, East Los Angeles, Garden Grove, and Westminster reported feeling the earthquake.
In addition, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Northern California coast:
According to the USGS, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred on Friday morning off the Northern California coast in the Bayview area. The earthquake struck at 9:26 a.m. and was centered in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 41 miles west of Eureka.
Did you know that your homeowner insurance policy does not cover earthquake damage?
Given the risk, now is the time to consider how earthquake insurance will provide the protection you don’t get from your homeowners insurance policy.
Your home equity continues to grow while the risk of a devastating earthquake increases, too. Are you prepared to lose all of your hard-earned equity in an instant? And if you experience a total loss, can you afford to rebuild? Now (not afterward) is the right time to consider your Earthquake Insurance options.
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