Earthquake rocks Southern California as 4.0 magnitude tremor rattles homes and businesses across Inland Empire
A magnitude 4.0 seismic earthquake rocked parts of Southern California in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck Ontario at 3:41 a.m. PT with an epicenter near Ontario International Airport.
Initially recorded as a magnitude 4.3 earthquake, it was gradually downgraded to a magnitude 4.0 and was followed by several small aftershocks, the strongest of which was a magnitude 2.5. KTL.
There are no reports of damage or injuries. Shaking was reported in parts of Los Angeles, Culver City, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Torrance and Whittier.
‘Felt in Ontario. The strongest of the cluster we’ve had. This time things came out of the closet,β one person said.
Pictured: The tremors were felt throughout Southern California
‘I’m in Eastvale and surprised it was only 4.1! It shook my house violently! “It felt like a car had hit the side of my house,” said another.
βIn Fontana I felt it, shook my door and thought someone was knocking until the whole house shook,β a third person said.
βI woke up in Claremont. In the second story it felt like a car hit my house,β said a fourth person.
California was rocked by three earthquakes in less than 24 hours on Wednesday.
The largest was a magnitude 3.0 earthquake that struck six kilometers northwest of Walker at 12:33 a.m. local time on Wednesday, followed by a magnitude 2.9 earthquake that struck 16 kilometers northeast of Barstow struck at 10:45 a.m. local time.
And at 5:40 p.m., the state suffered another blow when a magnitude 2.6 struck two miles east of Pacheco.
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