4.0 Earthquake Rocks Los Angeles Following 2 Smaller Foreshocks: 'A Little Bit of a Jolt'

Photo: USGS

A set of earthquakes rocked Los Angeles early Monday morning, the strongest of which was a magnitude 4.0 that struck just before 5 a.m.

TheU.S. Geological Survey reportedthe 4.0M quake in Lennox, California at 4:44 a.m. local time, and said it occurred at a depth of 19.3 kilometers.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcettisaidthat there were no reports of damage following a routine survey from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The Pasadena Fire Department also reported no damage, but offered residents a word of warning.

“A reminder that Mother Nature is unpredictable and we need to be prepared for all types of disasters,” the department wrote on Twitter. “Check and update your disaster kits, make family communication plans and get trained.”

“Felt a little bit of a jolt. Did you guys feel that?” Lee said, before her colleagues jumped in to say they did.

“Yeah, that definitely was an earthquake right there. Wow,” Morgan said.

Others felt it, too, like retired basketball star Paul Pierce,whotweeted, “Earthquake?… Anyone else feel that earthquake?”

“nothin like waking up to an earthquake!! Sheeeeesh I’m not used to that feeling at all,” Jonah Marais of the band Why Don’t WeaddedonTwitter. “such an uneasy feeling waking up to my bed shaking.”

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The USGS said onTwitterthat the earthquake did not originate from a specific, named fault.

“There are so many of them,” the USGS said. “In the past new faults have been discovered because of earthquakes on them.”

There have been three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in the Los Angeles area over the last 10 days, theTimesreported.

source: people.com