LOS ANGELES (AP) — A
magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered near Los Angeles caused no major
damage but jittered nerves throughout the region as dozens of
aftershocks struck into the night.
The U.S.
Geological Survey said the quake struck at about 9:09 p.m. Friday and
was centered near Brea in Orange County — about 20 miles southeast of
downtown Los Angeles — at a depth of about 5 miles. It was felt as far
south as San Diego and as far north as Ventura County, according to
citizen responses collected online by the USGS.
Broken
glass, gas leaks, water main breaks and a rockslide were reported near
the epicenter, according to Twitter updates from local authorities.
Eyewitness
photos and videos show bottles and packages strewn on store floors.
Southern California Edison reported power outages to about 2,000
customers following the quake.
More
than two dozen aftershocks ranging from magnitudes 2 to 3.6 were
recorded, according to the USGS. Earlier in the evening, two foreshocks
registering at magnitude-3.6 and magnitude-2.1 hit nearby in the city of
La Habra.
Public safety
officials said crews were inspecting bridges, dams, rail tracks and
other infrastructure systems for signs of damage. The Brea police
department said the rock slide in the Carbon Canyon area caused a car to
overturn, and the people inside the car sustained minor injuries.
Callers to
KNX-AM reported seeing a brick wall collapse, water sloshing in a
swimming pool and wires and trees swaying back and forth. One caller
said he was in a movie theater lobby in Brea when the quake struck.
"A
lot of the glass in the place shook like crazy," he said. "It started
like a roll and then it started shaking like crazy. Everybody ran
outside, hugging each other in the streets."
A
helicopter news reporter from KNBC-TV reported from above that rides at
Disneyland in Anaheim — several miles from the epicenter — were stopped
as a precaution.
Hall of Fame
announcer Vin Scully was on the air calling the Angels-Dodgers
exhibition game in the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium.
"A
little tremor here in the ballpark. I'm not sure if the folks felt it,
but we certainly felt it here in press box row," Scully said. "A tremor
and only that, thank goodness."
Tom Connolly, a Boeing
employee who lives in La Mirada, the next town over from La Habra, said
the
magnitude-5.1 quake lasted about 30 seconds.
"We
felt a really good jolt. It was a long rumble and it just didn't feel
like it would end," he told The
Associated Press by phone. "Right in the
beginning it shook really hard, so it was a little unnerving. People
got quiet and started bracing themselves by holding on to each other. It
was a little scary."
Friday's
quake hit a week after a pre-dawn magnitude-4.4 quake centered in the
San Fernando Valley rattled a swath of Southern California. That jolt
shook buildings and rattled nerves, but did not cause significant
damage.
Southern California has not experienced a devastating earthquake since the 1994 magnitude-6.7 Northridge quake killed several dozen people and caused $25 billion in damage.
Preliminary
data suggest Friday night's 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred near the
Puente Hills thrust fault, which stretches from the San Gabriel Valley
to downtown Los Angeles and caused the 1987 Whittier
Narrows earthquake,
USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said.
"It's a place where we've had a lot of earthquakes in the past," she said.
The 5.9 Whittier Narrows quake killed eight people and caused $360 million in damage.
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