Magnitude 4.6 Quake Gently Shakes Los Angeles, Reports Reuters

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred in Southern California, northwest of Los Angeles, on Friday, shaking a wide area around the nation’s second-largest city, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The epicenter of the quake was located approximately 9 miles (14.5 km) west of Thousand Oaks, a community situated in the coastal foothills about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Initially, the earthquake was measured at a magnitude of 5.1, but this was later revised to 4.6 by the USGS.

A crowd-sourced map indicating resident responses showed that the shaking was felt weakly to lightly across Los Angeles, with some reports of faint tremors stretching as far north as Bakersfield and as far south as San Diego.

Such earthquakes are common in seismically active California and typically result in little or no property damage.