Earthquake centered near Inglewood

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Veronica McGregor captured the damage caused by tonight's earthquake to the liquor aisle at Albertsons on Artesia Boulevard and Rindge Lane in Redondo Beach. (Veronica McGregor exclusive for The Daily Breeze)

***Update: Scientists now say tonight's quake measured 4.7.

A magnitude-5.0 quake hit at 8:39 p.m., about 1 mile east of Lennox, near Inglewood, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey. At least two aftershocks shook the area minutes later. 
 

***Locally: No major injuries or damage reported so far. KCAL Channel 9, however, is reporting some damage to the AMC theater at the Galleria in Redondo Beach where movie goers said the screen began to peel. Someone reportedly was cut on some glass at the Starbucks at Hawthorne and Artesia boulevards and taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance.  Some area supermarkets had broken bottles in the aisles. Hawthorne FD was called out to a light pole that was either down or 'leaning' in the 13900 block Chadron Ave. 

Burglar alarms were set off in El Segundo where a burn-off also was triggered at the Chevron refinery. 

Everyone OK out there? 

Keep checking the Daily Breeze home page for updates as they come in. 


Find more earthquake data here.  

And on a lighter note, here's an interesting rundown of our most popular earthquake "myths."


5 Comments

that was crazzzyy.
felt it good here

i was on the toilet.

cal tech says it was 3.1

http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Quakes/ci10410353.html

any idea what the discrepancy is between this site and what is being reported?

That was the biggest quake in a long time. Thanks Donna. And they are saying 5.0 on KNX.

The 3.1 was the aftershock. Felt that too.

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