the magnitude is 5.1, the release of energy. the depth 4.6. this went 4.6 actually newly discovered more or less from 1999. also located in l.a. basin, orange, l.a., ventura, riverside even, fred. a rupture 7.2, 7.5, four times in the last seven years. mind you, this was only discovered in 1979. that s deducing from what you ve known. here is a look at the intensity of where it is and where it could be. this is 5.1 with release of energy. average per year over 1400.
. while southern california may be the center of attention this weekend because of the oscars, many are keeping a close eye on the rain that isifiable fanlly blanketing the area, flash floods are very, very real. forecasters are predictioning up to five inches of heavy rainfall across the l.a. basin. you have the eastern foothill communities of glen dora and azusa under a mandatory evacuation. people are racing to protect their homes before packing up and getting out of there. it looks like niagara falls. once it gets dark, nobody should be here.
combination. william la jeunesse joins me now from los angeles. william, tell us about what s burning out there at this time. reporter: really big wind in the l.a. basin right now but let me put it this way. these fires are just the tip of the iceberg. let s start there. this is supposed to be rainy season. instead temperatures today in the 80s. instead of 7-inches of rain we ve had less than one inch. so everything, martha, is bone dry. yesterday a small brush fire in pacific palisades brought the traffic on the coast highway to a stand still, closing parts of interstate 10, creating a nightmare trying to drive west into malibu. that fire is out. even in northern california, an out of control brush fire forced evacuation of a small island between san francisco and sacramento, started by transients, the fire took off aided by high winds. again today red flag warnings for much of southern california. that is heart hand for high wind and dry conditions. firefighters are positioned arou
this area. cross the west, there s a series of storms battering california. a lot of rain and a lot of mountain snow. we have one more storm today and into tonight. we ll move this one forward over time. this is a future radar. you see we ve got this snow and the rain but by this evening, it moves down and we ll see rain all the way towards the l.a. basin. tomorrow morning, snow across the four corner states and this storm becomes an interesting one for us on tuesday. christmas day, check this out. snow across the panhandle of taxes and oklahoma. snow in oklahoma and we ll watch this potentially be a major weather maker wednesday and thursday across the northeast. so if you ve pretty good travel conditions to get to your destination for christmas. getting home from christmas might be a different story wednesday and thursday from this storm. weather 8, how many of these fancy map things do you have? not enough. let me tell you, but we ve got
palm springs at 113. but even closer to the l.a. basin, 97 at burbank and sacramento at 103. so, yeah, the heat rolls on and on here. not only today, but tomorrow, as well. not much change. boise as far north as boise, idaho, up to 103 degrees. no surprise at all that there are excessive heat warnings out. even in the desert areas, where you would expect it to be hot from phoenix all the way on over into parts of southern california, and the southern san joaquin valley, fresno and sacramento, all the way on down towards bakersfield. so some hot stuff in the west. you want to escape that? you head a little bit farther to the east. it will be a little rainy, but temperatures still in the 70s in boston. in new york city, we ll have some showers, a few storms down into florida. pleasant weather in atlanta, back into the ohio valley. chicago a nice day. looks like scattered showers and storms from the northern plains, but a hot one continues across parts of the southern plains, including da