The magnitude 4.4 earthquake in Los Angeles

A 4.4-magnitude tremor occurred Monday morning at 6:25 am in Westwood, about 15 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, but did not cause any damage.

Geologist Robert Graves says this is a medium-sized seismic commonly found in Southern California, vibrations lasting about 10 to 12 seconds. Seismic center is only 5 miles from the ground. At least 6 aftershocks were recorded later, the strongest was 2.7 degrees.

The earthquake center is near the Sepulveda Pass and the Santa Monica Mountains, where Mulholland Drive and the Freeway 405 intersection are 6 miles from Beverly Hills and 7 miles from Universal City. All areas from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach are shaking. Further to San Clemente and Lake Perris also recorded vibrations.

Ms Lucy Jones, USGS seismologist said that this is one of the strongest seismic areas in Los Angeles since the magnitude 6.7 earthquake at Northrige in 1994 caused heavy losses. Most recently, the magnitude 5.5 seismic in Chino Hills in 2008 and 4.7 riches in Inglewood in 2009.

The Santa Monica Mountains have been raised thousands of years ago and have long since stopped earthquakes. Therefore, according to the geologist Egill Hawkson of Caltech University, this could be a sign of another strong earthquake that is better or better in the future, but the timing cannot be accurately predicted.