A magnitude 4.7 earthquake north of Malibu shook Southern California on Thursday.
The quake occurred at 7:28 a.m. and was felt throughout the region. No significant damage is expected from an earthquake of this magnitude.
“Light” shaking, as defined on the modified Mercalli intensity scale, was felt in Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and Calabasas. Light shaking causes dishes, windows and doors to shake, causes cracking sounds in walls and can feel like a heavy truck has crashed into a building.
“Weak” earthquakes were felt in most parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, including downtown LA, Santa Monica, Long Beach, the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Antelope valleys, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
According to the US Geological Survey map, the epicenter of the earthquake was in Malibu, just east of South Kanan Dume Road.
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Earthquakes have been more noticeable recently in densely populated areas of Southern California, but that fact doesn’t help predict whether a larger, destructive earthquake is coming sooner or later, earthquake experts say.
Some residents were warned by the state’s earthquake early warning system.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was felt across much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, as well as as far away as Goleta and Indio.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Malibu Hills off Kanan-Dume Road near Ramirez Canyon.
