3.5-magnitude earthquake shakes Los Angeles and Southern California, geologists say
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake, about 12-mile deep, hit Willowbrook, California, about 13 miles south of Los Angeles, according to USGS.
Dozens of people reported feeling the tremor on social media. Hundreds of people also reported to USGS that they felt the quake, some more than 30 miles away.
We prepared for lots of things for Inauguration Day, but we did not prepare for a Los Angeles earthquakehttps://t.co/O0iDxTm3hM
— Jessica Martinez (@jessicamartinez) January 20, 2021
Is it really an inauguration without an earthquake? @JoeBiden is really shaking things up in Los Angeles
— stephanie cohen (@steggysaurus) January 20, 2021
@USGS_Quakes an earthquake in Los Angeles during the #Inauguration2021 ?? Felt that one... not just the chills of this day...
— Jennifer J. Beck, M.D. (@JenniferJBeckMD) January 20, 2021
Los Angeles celebrates the historic #Inauguration2021 in the most California way ever: earthquake!
— Clark Lee (@clarklee) January 20, 2021
Here in Los Angeles, even the planet is clapping and celebrating this momentous day.
*we had a small earthquake - the planet is happy.— B - MSN, RN (@Peachy_B_RN) January 20, 2021
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale.
Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but rarely cause much damage, according to Michigan Tech.
