Los Angeles earthquake: Multiple quakes hits California

The west coast of California was hit by a cluster of earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The Richter scale measured the biggest quake as 4.0 and was centered to the east of LA International Airport. The epicenter of the quake was measured around a mile from the LA county of Lennox at 11.44 am.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), its depth was 19.9km.

In the same region, a quake with a force of 2.5 was recorded just 30 minutes earlier.

This quake was less powerful but it reached greater depths and had a range of 25.9km.

Around 2km from Beaumont, the third earthquake in the state of California was recorded on Sunday evening.

The quake reached depths of 13.4km at 9.14 pm (4.14 am BST Monday) with a magnitude of 3.4.

Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones wrote on Twitter, “The M4.0 that just happened was under Lennox, CA, near Inglewood. She said that the quake was very deep at 20 km and everyone at least 20 km away would have been felt by most people awake in LA.

“Movement was thrust, probably not on any mapped fault.”

Several worried Americans have communicated their experience of the quakes on the testimonies page on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) website.

One witness in Lennox shared his experience saying,  “My bed was moving is the second time now.”

Another resident in Inglewood said, “Scared the hell outta us.”

Residents in Alondra Park added: “Rolling, trembling, rattling earthquakes.”

A citizen from View Park-Windsor Hills said: “My windows were rattling.”

As of now no injuries or damage to buildings are reported yet.

Around 40 million people live in California.