A magnitude-5.2 earthquake hit North of Los Angeles County tonight and was felt throughout a lot of the area, with stories from Santa Monica to Camarillo to Lengthy Seaside to Dodger Stadium, the place there have been upwards of 47,000 in attendance.
The quake was centered about 18.5 miles southwest of Bakersfield, about 89 miles north of downtown L.A. It struck at 9:09 p.m., in accordance with the U.S. Geological Survey.
It was adopted by a sequence of aftershocks in fast succession, the primary measured at 4.5 lower than a minute later, adopted by a magnitude-3.0 aftershock at 9:14 p.m., a magnitude-4.0 at 9:17 p.m. and a magnitude-3.8 just a few second later.
There have been no instant stories of injury in Southern California.
The quake comes a little bit over per week after a 4.9 magnitude temblor struck to the East of Barstow and was additionally felt all through a lot of Southern California.
The LAFD stated tonight that “pursuant to protocol, the LAFD is now in earthquake mode, as personnel from all 106 neighborhood hearth stations conduct a strategic survey by land, air and sea of their districts, inspecting crucial infrastructure and areas of native concern throughout our 470 sq. mile metropolis of Los Angeles jurisdiction.
“As soon as this course of is full and stories are consolidated, assuming there isn’t any important harm, LAFD Earthquake Mode will probably be full.”
Metropolis Information Service contributed to this report.
