An earthquake that shook the Los Angeles region on Friday afternoon with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 shook structures and made millions of residents in Southern California uneasy.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake, which occurred at 1:47 p.m., was centered around 6 miles west of Malibu in the Santa Monica Mountains and had a depth of five and a half miles.
The severity of the earthquake was felt throughout a large portion of Southern California, including the counties of Ventura, Riverside, Orange, and Santa Barbara, according to a USGS shockwave map.
To scan vital infrastructure, including highway overpasses, apartment complexes, dams, power lines, and huge gathering places like Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Fire Department activated its Earthquake Mode.
According to LAFD, the procedure is usually finished in an hour.
Significant damage was not immediately reported, and no tsunami alert was issued.
A sequence of aftershocks measuring 3.0 magnitude or below were felt shortly after the 4.6 magnitude earthquake.