A magnitude 4.4 earthquake despertó Angelinos Monday morning.
At 6.25 a.m. a shake from the ground was felt across Los Angeles. Residents from Santa Barbara to Orange County said they felt it.
The earthquake’s epicenter was near Westwood. Officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
“Today’s earthquake is a reminder that every L.A. family must be prepared with food, water and other essentials, as well as a plan,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in a statement. “While it appears the greatest impact of this temblor was a rude awakening, we are executing our post-earthquake protocols to survey our neighborhoods and critical infrastructure.”
U.S. Geological Survey officials said the depth of the temblor was about 5 miles in the Santa Monica Mountains, becoming the largest earthquake recorded in that location.
Also, because it was in the mountains, seismologists are unsure of which fault named line it happened on.
Two aftershocks were felt after that. One with a magnitude of 2.7 at 7:23 a.m. and another one with a magnitude 2.4 at 10:07 a.m..
The last time Los Angeles felt a significant earthquake was in 2008 when an earthquake rattled the Chino Hills area.
