CHINO HILLS, California - Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the "Big One" that scientists have long feared. Still, it rattled nerves, causing people to vow to step up their emergency preparations. The earthquake that hit Southern California on Tuesday-July 29: For the first time in 14 years, an earthquake rocked a populated area of Southern California, sending many into near-panic but causing little damage. The temblor's epicenter was located just outside Chino Hills, 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles in San Bernardino County, and it was felt as far east as Las Vegas. Dozens of aftershocks followed, the largest a magnitude-3.8.
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