A trio of earthquakes hit Southern California early Monday morning.
The third earthquake hit Inglewood around 4:44 a.m. and registered as a magnitude-4 earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Los Angeles Times reported. A little earlier around 4:15 a.m., a 3.3-magnitude earthquake and a 2.5-magnitude earthquake hit the same area, according to the LA Times.
The largest earthquake, which occurred about a mile away from Los Angeles, was also followed by three smaller quakes, the outlet reported.
Earthquake expert Lucy Jones said the shock was probably felt by “most people awake in LA.”
The M4.0 that just happened was under Lennox, CA, near Inglewood. Very deep at 20 km, so everyone is at least 20 km away. Would have been felt by most people awake in LA. Movement was thrust, probably not on any mapped fault https://t.co/UIPbVH0kw5
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) April 5, 2021
CBS Los Angeles was live airing their morning newscast when the earthquake hit.
WATCH:
WATCH: CBS2 News This Morning’s @DeMarcoReports, @AmberLeeNews and @LesleyMarin were live on the air when the 4.0M earthquake struck Lennox. https://t.co/29d73E0vBv pic.twitter.com/a69WslJzLM
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) April 5, 2021
“That was definitely an earthquake right there,” anchor DeMarco Morgan said during the broadcast. “You were not dreaming.”
A 4.0 earthquake in Inglewood shook the L.A. area this morning. Our @LAFD conducted its routine survey of the City of L.A. and reports no damage.
— MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) April 5, 2021
Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed no damage had been reported from the magnitude-4 earthquake later in the morning on Twitter.