Earthquake: 3.6 quake strikes near Carson
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California just after 7 a.m. Thursday, rattling desks and shaking downtown Los Angeles’ buildings enough to frighten some Angelenos.
The temblor was centered in Carson but was felt from Long Beach to Play Vista to downtown, where Metro officials said train service would be slightly delayed while crews inspected tracks for damage.
The epicenter was about seven and a half miles deep and two miles from Carson, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 3 miles from Compton, 3 miles from West Carson and 4 miles from Gardena.
A sampling of social media comments:
Just felt an earthquake in Lakewood my stuff in my room starting shaking— Marisa (@iluvbeingme1023) April 30, 2015
definitely just felt the whole house move..— mondei (@Lmondy) April 30, 2015
@KTLAMorningNews— Chris Gómez (@ChrisGomez92) April 30, 2015
omg that earthquake scared the crap out of me ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿— Kristina Ross (@_kristinaross) April 30, 2015
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.
Read more about Southern California earthquakes.
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