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A moderate earthquake tonight shook near Ludlow, CA, an extremely small San Bernardino County town 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert.
The 8:18 p.m. quake originally measured at magnitude 5.5, but was later downgraded to 5.1, making it the second largest quake in Southern California this year. A 5.4 magnitude quake--the largest quake to hit the Los Angeles region since the '94 Northrige one--shook east of Los Angeles on July 29th.
Tonight's quake was probably an aftershock of the 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake in 1999, which scientists warned would continue for 10 years.
"We didn't hardly feel anything, just some kind of vibration," said Leon Lee of Lee's Tavern in Yermo, a town 20 miles from Ludlow. However, the quake was felt as far as the San Fernando Valley and the edges of Nevada and Arizona. No injuries or major damage has been reported.
Image via USGS
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I live in Hollywood (Hollywood & La Brea) and could feel the quake. My roommates and I noticed 2 distinctive 'rolls' about 3 seconds apart from each other - that was it. I checked the earthquake map to make sure we weren't letting our imaginations get the best of us and sure enough, a large red square popped up as I refreshed.
Mild, but still a wake-up call to what might come in the future.
i felt it last nite. at first i thought i was just having vertigo or something, but then i heard my closet doors rattling and saw my tv shaking and i felt my apartment building swaying. i live in koreatown
I was on my porch in Hollywood and didn't feel a thing
My friend was inside my house and felt it
I felt it in west Silver Lake. Sitting down quietly in my apt, it was just a very gently rolling that lasted maybe 2-3 secs. Kind of like the earth undulating just enough to remind us we're never on solid ground. A sweet cuddle of a tremor - nothing rough.
South bay felt it too. Mild. Rolling. Like a gentle "Hey buddy, what's goin' on?"
I was the only one in the house who felt anything, here in the West Valley.