The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed {that a} magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck an space southeast of of Highland Park, California on Monday.
The quake was 7.4 miles deep and struck at 12:20 p.m. PST, according to the USGS.
Media experiences from round Southern California portrayed an space on heightened, if not momentary, alert for emergency responders and residents, who felt the shaking so far as the excessive desert space of Victorville.
The shaking had the Los Angeles Hearth Division on alert, with crews at 106 hearth stations doing surveys of their districts. There have been no experiences of accidents or structural injury, the division mentioned when the test was full, according to a CNN report.
Minor injury was reported in Pasadena, just a few miles from the epicenter. A pipe broke at Pasadena Metropolis Corridor, sending a stream of water flowing out onto the sidewalk and roughly 200 workers have been evacuated from the constructing, ABC News reported.
The LA Occasions reported the quake was centered on the Puente Hills thrust fault system, the community that produced the 1987 Whittier Narrows M5.9 earthquake that triggered $358 million in injury.
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