Parts of the Southern California coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes were shifting 4 inches closer to the ocean each week in mid-to-late 2024, NASA found.
The land under the Palos Verdes Peninsula has been sliding for decades. New data from NASA shows just how bad the problem is.
The residential area shifted toward the Pacific Ocean as much as 4 inches — per week — during a four-week period last fall.
Data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the Palos Verdes Peninsula shifted at a rate of 4 inches per week in 2024.