It makes sense because April and May are traditionally "Earthquake Weather" in Los Angeles. What I find the most significant about this earthquake is that it was felt as far away as Santa Barbara which is over an hour away to the north of the Los Angeles basin by Car. This means that this wasn't just a local occurrence and could be a part of something bigger.
But, normally, a 3.9 earthquake will not even wake up the majority of people unless they are very light sleepers. However, this isn't true once you get up to a 4.0 or 5.0. No one sleeps through a 5.0 because it is pretty scary at that point. The last 5.0 I went through my college age daughter was swimming in my cousin's swimming pool in Orange California and I ran for her to see if she was safe. She was asking why the water was sloshing out of the pool (she was 5 then) and floating in the middle of it. I told her to stay in the middle so the water didn't bash her on the cement edge of the pool and she did as I asked and was cushioned by the water and so wasn't injured just amazed at how much water splashed out side the pool all over the place.
3.9 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
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3.8 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
The quake was classified by the USGS as "light" but was felt over a wide area of the L.A. basin. The Los Angeles Fire Department said it had received no reports of damage.
A 3.5 quake rattled the same general area on April 12. Both quakes were centered on the Baldwin Hills/Inglewood border. The Newport-Inglewood fault runs along that area.
In the aftermath of that quake, some residents asked whether oil production in the area might have been a factor. But Caltech scientist Lucy Jones wrote on Twitter that it was unlikely because the depth of the quake was so far below oil production facilities.
According to the USGS' "Did You Feel It" survey, the quake was felt over a wide area of the Los Angeles basin as well as areas to the east.
The quake was initially reported as being 3.9 but was later downgraded to 3.8.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was two miles from Inglewood, two miles from Culver City and four miles from Lennox.
In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service, and this post was created by an algorithm.
Read more about Southern California earthquakes.
Staff writer Shelby Grad contributed to this report.
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UPDATE
10:27 a.m.: This article has been updated with a report that the quake's magnitude has been downgraded.
This article was originally published at 4:11 a.m.
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3.9 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
Sunday, May 3, 2015
3.9 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
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