Friday’s 4.6 earthquake rattled sections of Los Angeles after multiple winter storms since last week.
U.S. Geological Survey estimates put the earthquake’s epicentre 7 miles northwest of Malibu in a hilly area of northern Los Angeles County.
The USGS says it hit at 1:47 p.m. local time.
According to the USGS, two aftershocks from the 4.6 earthquake have been detected, with initial magnitudes of 2.7 and 3.0.
This type of strong earthquake is “only going to cause minor damage,” according to LAFD spokesperson Fred Fielding, according to NBC Los Angeles.
On social media platform X, the LAFD asked residents to investigate their own and surrounding homes.
“After surveying your home for earthquake damage and ensuring no injuries, please check on your pets and at-risk neighbours, especially seniors living alone,” she urged.
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According to NBC Los Angeles, LAFD officer Erik Scott was told “no significant damage” had happened.
The Department X report said Ventura County Fire was “fully operational and reporting no injuries.”
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System says the earthquake is unlikely to endanger waves.
Even though the earthquake was barely detected, Caltech geophysics specialist Allen Husker told NBC Los Angeles that up to 12 million people may have felt it. Husker estimated using USGS data.
USGS subscribers and MyShake app users received a shake alert. Locals can take refuge because they learn about the earthquake before most of the populace does. The system needs a seismometer to advance. Approximately 50 million Californians, Oregonians, and Washingtonians have it.
One of the faults in the earthquake zone is the Malibu Coast Fault, which runs east from Point Dume to Santa Monica.
Former USGS seismologist Lucy Jones, founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Centre for Science and Society, doubts the earthquake was a forerunner to something bigger.
She told NBC Los Angeles that Californians should prepare for a bigger one now. First, have some drinkable water on hand in case a big earthquake ruins the water infrastructure.
“The most important thing you can do is make sure you have water stored,” she stated.
Three storms since last week have brought record rainfall and flooding to Ventura County and the US-Mexico border.
Friday’s 6.6-magnitude Sylmar earthquake, named for northern Los Angeles, coincided with one of the region’s worst disasters. It caused over $500 million in damages and 64 deaths, per the USGS.
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