Los Angeles County homeowners are rattled after an earthquake magnitudes-4.4.
According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude-4.4 earthquake struck the Highland Park, California, area around lunchtime on Monday, August 12, 2024, at 12:20 p.m. Pacific Time.
The epicenter was in Highland Park and nearly six miles deep. Tremors were felt across the area, from downtown L.A. to Inglewood, Glendora, and Hemet. L.A. County and city fire departments initiated earthquake mode in response to assess potential damage.
Cities that felt the shaking include South Pasadena, Alhambra, Monterey Park, East Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Pasadena, Commerce, Glendale, Rosemead, and Temple City.
Reports from this earthquake
A homeowner in Fontana, California, states:
“Long shaking, no big gradual bump, but uneasy back and forth swinging motion was present.”
A homeowner in Burbank states:
“At the moment I was at home, lying on the bed, it started shaking violently. Our chest of drawers and wardrobe were shaking in the bedroom, the mirrors in the wardrobe were shaking, the bed was shaking, and there was a swaying left and right, and then the whole house was shaking violently.“
Protect You and Your Family
- Government-issued alerts for your country or region
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- Alerts for extreme weather conditions
- AMBER Alerts (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response)
- Public Safety Alerts
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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:
- According to a recent three-year data sample, an average of five earthquakes with magnitudes between 5.0 and 6.0 occur yearly in California.
- The probability of an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7 in the next 30 years is 60% in the Los Angeles area and 72% in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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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GeoVera has decades of experience managing claims for nature’s worst catastrophes and a financial rating of “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. We hope you’ll never need our help, but we’re ready if you do. Ask your insurance agent for a quote today.