Print
Close
California earthquake rattles LA; centered near deadly 1987 temblor
Published September 19, 2020
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake shook Southern California shortly before midnight Friday, with aftershocks measuring 2.1 and 1.6 on the Richter scale following soon after.
The U.S. Geological Survey downgraded the quake from a preliminary 4.6.
The earthquake, centered just southwest of El Monte in eastern Los Angeles County, was felt as far south as San Diego, according to early reports.
There were no "significant" reports of damage and no injuries reported, the Los Angeles Police Department and L.A. Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas tweeted following an immediate assessment early Saturday.
GOOD SAMARITANS CLEAN UP FLORIDA PASTOR'S SALLY DAMAGE AFTER SEEING FOX NEWS INTERVIEW
Following the late-night quake, Twitter lit up.
“Woke up from the #earthquake I’m like shaking I dunno what’s up with me,” singer Bebe Rexha tweeted. “I was expecting it to be a bad one. Hope you are all safe. Love you.”
"No do not use this earthquake as an opportunity to text you’re ex - he’s fine," comedian Whitney Cummings hilariously tweeted after the shaking subsided.
BOBCAT FIRE IN CALIFORNIA COMES DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY
"I gotta say I felt that one," another person tweeted.
Seismologist Lucy Jones said the location was close to where a magnitude-5.9 quake struck in 1987, killing several people and causing more than $200 million in damage, the Times reported.
The 1987 quake was determined to have been caused by the Puente Hills thrust fault that goes from the San Gabriel Valley to downtown Los Angeles, meaning a large quake could be even more hazardous than an even bigger one along the infamous San Andreas Fault, which skirts the city, according to the Times.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Jones said there was a 5 percent chance that Friday's 4.6 quake could be a foreshock to a larger quake, KABC-TV of Los Angeles reported. She added on later on Twitter that the chance would go down to less than 1% by Saturday evening.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/california-earthquake-rattles-la-centered-near-deadly-1987-temblor