A magnitude-3.7 earthquake rattled SoCal early April 22, 2020.
Earth Day started with an earthquake.
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake centered near Windsor Hills and Baldwin Hills shook Southern California around 12:03 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered less than a mile south of View Park-Windsor Hills, the USGS said.
The temblor was widely felt across Southern California, with Los Angeles International Airport tweeting that it was felt at the airport, but LAX reported no damage. NBCLA viewers and followers from Santa Monica, West LA and West Hollywood, up to Koreatown and Burbank and east to Whittier and Bellflower, along with Torrance in the South Bay, reported feeling the jolt.
More than 15,000 people responded early Wednesday to the USGS's Did You Feel It website, reporting feeling the earthquake as far as Santa Barbara and Palmdale to the north, Victorville to the east and Encinitas and Escondido in San Diego County to the south.
The earthquake was likely on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones tweeted. Although less well-known than California's San Andreas Fault, the notorious fault runs through some of Southern California's most populated areas, stretching from Los Angeles' Westside and along the Orange County coastline.
In 1933, the deadly Long Beach earthquake along the fault resulted in a dramatic change in the way Southern Californians thought about earthquakes and how buildings in the region were constructed. More than 100 people died in the 1933 quake.
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These images show damaged left by the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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A car is parked next to a damaged building after the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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Rubble can be seen through the window frame a store destroyed in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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A damaged car is towed away after the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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Damaged water tanks on Western Avenue appear in this photo after the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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A view of a Florence Avenue store building that crumbled in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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A view of damaged buildings on a Compton street following the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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This photo shows a house that shifted dramatically in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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Shaking from the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake was felt across the region, including in Compton, where these buildings crumbled.
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Rubble is seen on the ground under a Western Auto Supply Co. billboard following the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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An automotive garage that was destroyed in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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The corner of a brick building crumbled to the ground in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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A man sits next to a collapsed building after the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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People walk past a building damaged in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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An example of one of the many brick buildings that collapsed in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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Second-floor rooms can be seen after a brick building collapsed in the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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Cracks can be seen in this partially collapsed building after the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The quake caused about $50 million in property damage.
The earthquakes were all deep, well below oil fields in the area, she added. The Earth Day earthquake was about 7.4 miles (11.9 km) in depth, the USGS said.
Here's my final update of the "Did You Feel It?" Map for the night...so far 14,072 reports to the @USGS.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the LA Fire Department had been activated to conduct its routine survey of the city to assess for any damage.
A 3.8 earthquake shook the L.A. area tonight shortly after midnight. Our @LAFD has activated to conduct its routine survey of the city to assess for any damages. City teams will continue to monitor.
Basketball player Alex Caruso of the LA Lakers and model and host Chrissy Teigen from too many shows to list took to Twitter to comment on the quake, as did many other Angelenos.
Before y’all crucify me any further, I’m from Texas.. any earthquake is a big earthquake
I am way to used to earthquakes. think I've been through 100 over 3's, all the way up to 6.5 I think (in a really vulnerable area) - I can't even imagine anything rougher than the Bali one. But the scale does go higher...bahhhh
