A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Ventura County, California, CNN reports, citing the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The earthquake hit at around 7:28 a.m. and was centered about 4 miles north of Malibu. The USGS recorded at least five aftershocks, with the largest one measuring 3.5 in magnitude and striking less than a mile from the epicenter at 9:37 a.m.
The shaking was felt as far as downtown Los Angeles, with many residents receiving alerts through the USGS’s ShakeAlert system moments before the tremor.
Despite the major magnitude, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported no infrastructure damage or injuries after dispatching personnel from over 100 fire stations to conduct a survey by land, air and sea.
Seismologist Lucy Jones, a geophysics research associate at the California Institute of Technology, stated that the earthquake epicenter was close to the Malibu fault, but the information available does not clearly associate it with that specific fault.
“In terms of that region, like everywhere in Southern California, every one of us is within five miles of an active fault,” Jones said during an afternoon press conference.
