Magnitude 3.7 earthquake hits south Los Angeles, causing light tremors across Southland
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake that struck south Los Angeles just after midnight caused mild tremors across the Los Angeles Basin.
According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.7 earthquake near Windsor Hills and Baldwin Hills shook Southern California around 12:03 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the American Geological Survey, light shocks - enough for rattle dishes and windows and rock-parked cars - were felt at South L.A., Inglewood, Culver City, Playa Vista and Los Angeles International Airport.
Weak reconciliation was felt in the LA basin and the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys and northern Orange County.
According to the USGS, the earthquake was centered less than a mile south of View Park-Windsor Hills.
The Templar was widely felt in Southern California, with Los Angeles International Airport tweeting that it was felt at the airport but did no harm. NBCLA followers from Santa Monica and West Hollywood, to Burbank and east to Whittier and Bell Gardens felt the tremors. In Torrance, people down south in the South Bay felt the earthquake, the USGS site reported that it was felt in parts of Long Beach.
The epicenter of the earthquake was about half a mile south-east of Larsen and La Brea Away. The earthquake struck the area around the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone. The Newport-Inglewood fault has long been considered one of Southern California's top seismic hazard zones, as it runs under some of the region's most densely populated areas from the Westside of Los Angeles to the Orange County Coast.
The Newport-Inglewood fault was responsible for the deadliest earthquake in Southern California's modern history - the 6.4 Long Beach earthquake of 1933, which killed about 120 people.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the LA Fire Department had been activated to conduct its routine survey of the city to assess for any damage.
This fault is now known to be connected to the Rose Canyon Fault System running in San Diego. Scientists believe that earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 6.8 to 7.5 have affected the Newport-Inglewood / Rose Canyon Fault System, which sweeps down San Diego through Long Beach and the Orange County coast through Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Is spread over the range of.
In the last 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or higher in the vicinity.
According to a recent three-year data sample, the greater Los Angeles region experiences five earthquakes of magnitude between 3.0 and 4.0 per year.
Even if you do not feel this small earthquake, you will never know when the Big One is going to strike. Prepare yourself by following our five-steps earthquake preparedness guide and building your emergency kit. Alex Caruso of LA Lakers and model and host Chrissy Teigen took to Twitter to comment about the earthquake, as did many other Angelinos. Many people said that the earthquake lasted three minutes on Earth Day.
It was not immediately clear if there was any damage from the earthquake.
