3.7 Quake Shakes Simi Region

A magnitude 3.7 aftershock of the 1994 Northridge earthquake rattled Simi Valley and surrounding areas Friday afternoon, Caltech seismologists reported.

The 2:02 p.m. temblor was centered on the Los Angeles-Ventura county line five miles northeast of Simi Valley.

It occurred at a depth of nine miles and its epicenter was about two miles south of where a spasm of potent aftershocks, ranging up to 5.0, occurred just over a year ago.

No damage was reported in the latest jolt, one of more than 14,000 four years after the quake.

Friday’s quake was felt most strongly in Simi Valley, although even there some residents said they did not feel it. The quake was lightly felt as far away as the Los Feliz district in Los Angeles.

“A couple of our customers felt it, but none of us felt a thing,” said Clint Artran, a grocery clerk at Vons in Simi Valley.

At the Simi Valley Police Department, Lt. Rex Jones said, “We had one call from someone who wanted to know if we’d felt it. And it was news to me.”

But Terry Jump, a resident of nearby Newbury Park, said the quake jolted her mobile home.

“It shook pretty good. I have pictures on the wall that are crooked,” she said. “We got jolted pretty well.”