A strong earthquake struck close to Los Angeles, California on Monday afternoon, shaking properties and startling residents for miles.
The 4.4 magnitude quake’s epicentre hit close to Highland Park, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles County not removed from the well-known Hollywood signal and the Griffith Observatory, at round 12:20 PST (20:20 BST), in line with the US Geological Survey.
It was felt in close by cities Pasadena and Glendale, and all the way in which to the shoreline in areas like Manhattan Seashore and El Segundo.
There was no tsunami warning from the quake, the USGS stated.
Officers throughout the state are monitoring for harm or accidents however thus far, none had been reported.
The Los Angeles Hearth Division stated crews from the town’s 106 hearth stations had been doing an entire survey of the Larger Los Angeles space for structural harm or different points.
The earthquake was first estimated as a 4.7 magnitude, however was later downgraded to a 4.4 magnitude by the US Geological Survey.
The world has seen a number of magnitude 4 and 5 earthquakes in current weeks, together with in Grapevine and Bakersfield, California final week.