Earthquake Today in California: Small Quake Hits Los Angeles in View-Park Windsor Hills on Sunday

Earthquake Today in California: Small Quake Hits Los Angeles in View-Park Windsor Hills on Sunday
Jack Phillips
3/9/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

A small earthquake struck Windsor Hills in California on Sunday afternoon.

The quake hit at around 3 p.m. local time.

Preliminary reports say the quake was 1.7 magnitude on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey.

The USGS said the quake had a depth of less than 1 mile.

The quake hit near Los Angeles, Inglewood, Culver City, Lennox, and View Park-Windsor Hills, and other areas.

On Twitter, a large number of people said they could feel it.

“2nd earthquake in 3 days! Marina Del Rey is gonna be the next big one...in all seriousness I hope not,” one person wrote.

Added another, “No seriously that was like the 3rd earthquake this weekend...”

“Here come the hour long Earthquake tweets,” one person wrote.

“Would rather have an earthquake at 3pm than 4am,” one resident tweeted.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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