A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Inglewood, California, area at 4:44 a.m. local time Monday (April 5), following two smaller earthquakes in the previous half hour.
The Los Angeles Times reports that according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was felt throughout Southern California. One smaller quake, with a magnitude of 3.3, occurred at 4:15 a.m., and another, with a magnitude of 2.5, occurred about two miles away, and no damage has been reported.
The larger epicenter was less than a mile from Lennox and Hawthorne and one mile from Los Angeles. Several smaller earthquakes followed in the Inglewood and Lennox areas.
Seismologist Lucy Jones tweeted that the magnitude 4.0 quake was strong enough to shake “most people waking up in LA,” noting that it was a deep-source quake, about 20 kilometers from the surface. She said the quake’s foreshock and aftershock occurred at about the same depth.
When the 4.0 magnitude quake struck, KCBS-TV News anchors immediately felt the tremor, “It was definitely an earthquake,” said host DeMarco Morgan, “You’re not dreaming.”
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a tweet just before 7 a.m. that there were no reports of damage. Residents on social media reported power outages in the area around the quake.
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