An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 centered north of Malibu sent light and weak tremors through southern California on Sunday.
According to the US Geological Surveill, the strongest trees were felt in certain parts of Malibu, the hills of Agoura, a thousand oaks and the camarillo. The strongest shock was considered to be “light” as defined by the modified Mercalli intensity scale – enough for dishes and windows and windows and have the impression that a truck struck a building.
“Low” tremors may have been felt through a wider band in Southland, including downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, the San Gabriel Valley, the Santa Clarita valley, the Simi, Oxnard and Ventura valley.
The earthquake struck on Sunday at 1:03 p.m., it was followed by an earthquake 2.5 magnitude a minute later, and a magnitude 3 and 2.8 after garden at 1:07 p.m.
There was no immediate damage.
According to the USGS. The light earthquake was felt in the region, from Goleta South to Huntington Beach.
The epicenter was in the mountains of Santa Monica, about 3 miles northwest of the El Matador State beach and 3.5 miles northeast of Leo Carrillo beach. The epicenter was 7 miles southwest of Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village.
In the village of Westlake, people felt a roll and shake about 5 seconds. Residents of Reseda felt a regular shock. In Redondo Beach, the tremors looked like a long rumble; In Windsor Hills, the Quake looked like a long slow roller. Someone in Torrance felt two tremors, and near the Los Angeles International Airport, the earthquake felt like a brief influence.
A person in downtown Los Angeles felt a long but soft to shake.
A head of the County 88 County Fire station on Malibu Road said that no damage report had intervened, adding that “the guys here did not even feel it”. An official of the 99 fire station on Pacific Coast Highway said it had been felt, but the station has received no report on damage.
South California has experienced a number of moderate earthquakes since 2024. In mid-November, southern California had known 15 seismic sequences with at least one earthquake of magnitude 4 or more during the first 11.5 months of 2024, according to the count of the seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research partner. It is the highest annual total in the past 65 years, exceeding 13 views in 1988.
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