AKSAR, Thanks again for good info. I discuss the San Andreas Fault a bit in a talk I often give on the Channel Islands pygmy mammoth, which involves a bit of background on how the islands came to be (basically involved with the kink in the San Andreas that formed the Transverse Ranges as well. I am also deeply interested in the faults associated with the Transverse Ranges because I have seen at least one hazard map which shows one trending right through my property, definitely heightening my interest in EQs and readiness measures.

The report has this unfortunate glitch "Today’s earthquake happened south of Santa Catalina Island," but it clear as one reads on that the author intended to mean Santa Cruz Island, not Catalina.