LAXNORTHEAST in Earthquake Country

The mission of LAXNORTHEAST is to support communications for hospitals and the Medical Alert Center (MAC) during disasters.

Earthquakes are a major hazard in LA County and other parts of California.  Any earthquake with magnitude 6 or above is an automatic activation for LAXNORTHEAST with nets being established on LAX103 and/or LAX501.

PRACTICE

We therefore pay particular attention to earthquakes. Smaller magnitude earthquakes are a chance to practice sending DYFI reports to USGS and to the local coordinator at Winlink tactical address EARTHQUAKE. 

  During ShakeOut we also hold exercises that practice our procedures. 

USGS Global Earthquakes Past Day 2.5+ 

The table below shows the USGS earthquake table for events in the past 24 hours with a magnitude 2.5+. The "For DYFI" table shows event ID, event local time in Los Angeles, magnitude, and location. It also highlights events in Sothern California (SoCal). 

• EventIDs for SoCal earthquakes with magnitude less than 6 are highlighted  in Orange.  

• EventIDs for SoCal earthquakes with magnitude equal to or greater than 6 are highlighted in Red.  

• LAXNORTHEAST activates automatically  for SoCal earthquakes with Magnitude 6 or greater. Proceed to LAX103 (alternate LAX501) and establish a net or join the net in progress.  

• The authoritative USGS Earthquake Map is here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map