San Bernardino County homeowners are rattled after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake.
On Sunday, Ontario, California, experienced a magnitude-4.0 earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred around 3:51 a.m.
Residents from surrounding areas, including Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Glen Avon, Montaklera, Norco, Claremont, Pomona, Chino Hills, Fontana, Corona, Rubidoux, La Verne, Riverside and Diamond Bar were the cities that felt the shaking.
Reports from this earthquake
A homeowner in Walnut, CA states:
“I was sitting on the ground in my home (yes I’m 27 and prefer sitting on the ground) anyway, I was sitting on my tile floor when there was a sudden vibration followed by a slip shift, and a audible THUD. immediately followed by more shaking or rattling and a much more subtle thud with what felt like another very minor slip shift. It felt the ground was shaking from both angles and as if the shift came from the northwest moving east-west and that the second smaller shift came from the North East direction headed East West.“
Another homeowner in Eastvale, CA states:
“Sounded more like an explosion than an earthquake. I have experienced many earthquakes and this was not normal. There was a loud explosion and then shaking. A very loud explosion. I have never heard an earthquake explode and start shaking afterwards.”
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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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