A 4.1 magnitude earthquake simply rocked Los Angeles hours into the New Yr.
The quake’s epicenter hit simply off the coast of Palos Verdes at 8:27 AM PT at this time, January 1, however individuals residing in Hollywood and Pasadena felt it.
Wild pure occurrences have battered Southern California just lately with enormous waves bouncing over a seawall in Ventura final week, injuring eight and inflicting dozens to flee.
Unclear how a lot, if any injury, was executed by the New Yr’s tremor, however it was nothing in comparison with the devastating quakes felt by Japan yesterday.
Three highly effective, successive earthquakes hit the island nation on New Yr’s Eve with the largest reaching a 7.6 magnitude.
Roads and bridges sustained main injury whereas tsunami warnings have been shortly issued by the federal government. Greater than 97,000 individuals have been pressured to evacuate based on Reuters.