Los Angeles was rocked by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning, sending shockwaves across the region. The tremor, centred 4 miles (7 km) north of Malibu and 7 miles (11 km) below the surface, caused boulders to tumble onto a Malibu road and visibly shook Santa Monica’s iconic 1909 wooden pier. No injuries or significant damages were reported, but the quake was felt as far as 45 miles (72 km) away in Orange County. Several smaller aftershocks followed.
Local authorities are surveying for any damage, though none has been deemed major at this time. The earthquake struck near the Malibu fault, with California Institute of Technology seismologist Lucy Jones noting that smaller quakes like this are too minor to be definitively linked to large surface faults.
