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Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (1 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Extremely hard jolt, but very short. Multiple items knocked off shelves.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (1 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Violent initial shake, settled quickly

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (1 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Jolt and two seconds vibration

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (2 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt it and heard it. Not too strong but rattled a few things on the shelves.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (2 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Quick mild nudge

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (2 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I live in Alhambra behind the IHOP on Fremont. I felt it

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (3 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

We felt it hit, the windows and part of the house shook. It started out low then suddenly hit harder

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (3 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

It felt like a good shake. Made me jump off the bed!

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (3 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Lasted few seconds. Up and down shaking.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Intense but quick

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Startlingly strong but quick shake for a few seconds. Highland Park, LA

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

The floor bounced like a large jolt then small bounces. Quick.

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (4 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Big jolt and house shook. I froze and braced for more. Thankfully that was all there was.

Witness location : South Pasadena (USA) (4 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Very brief full house shake

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (4 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Heard an explosion before, then a har radle, very close to the epicenter according to this app

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (4 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Here in ALHAMBRA CALIFORNIA

Witness location : South Pasadena (USA) (4 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Weirdest earthquake I’ve ever experienced in my life, and I’ve been through so many living in CA near faultlines! This was so dramatic, strong, violent, but it started, crescendoed, and left seemingly in a split second. The way it occurred was like the roof and upper part of the building was getting tweaked hard and twisted off. Its movement felt somehow visible the way it moved through the structure. So odd!

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (5 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Rattles and shakes in Alhambra

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (5 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

Here in Alhambra Ca.Felt like a big rumbling like big heavy construction truck was passing by our street

Witness location : South Pasadena (USA) (5 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Short, sharp back and forth motion. No immediately visible damage.

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (5 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt heavily shaken 5 mins ago, I’m in Alhambra…

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 0 min

Quick jolt rumble

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Mt. Washington neighborhood. Short rumble then thump.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (5 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Sharp, swift jolt.

Witness location : Monterey Park (USA) (5 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

My house was making noises including window

Witness location : Alhambra (USA) (5 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

It's a small earthquake but it felt like a truck hitting our building

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (5 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Short, sharp back and forth motion. No damage immediately visible.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (5 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Deep bass and then a fast shake

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Strong enough to get up and see how other people were in the house.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (6 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Jolt. Rumbled.  No rolling

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (6 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Damn. That was a quick, hard jerk and rattle. We usually don’t feel anything because we are on bedrock slightly up a hill. That was scary.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (6 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Short but very stong, like an explosion

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (6 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Quick rumble

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 50 min

felt it jolt and shake violently in pasadena

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (6 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Sudden rapid shaking, shook whole frame of house for 3-= seconds

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (6 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Jolt the roll. Short duration. No visual damage to old woodframe house in Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles.

Witness location : Monterey Park (USA) (6 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Aggressive rumble then a single jerk

Witness location : Monterey Park (USA) (6 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Sudden and rapid shaking here in Montebello

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

I heard than felt the strong jolt here in Pasadena,CA.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Short but strong and confusing. Started small, shook big, then it stopped. Big shaking sound. Felted in the whole house

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Whole house shake. Big shake sounds

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

We felt it in South Lake Pasadena. Violent shake / the whole building moved and creaked.Called my neighbors thinking someone in the unit below us fell down , injured themselves !!!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

A quick jolt!Inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

was short but strong, made me jump.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Short but strong shaking.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Heard a thud through the wall from the next room over as if someone pushed their weight on it

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Just a quick jolt… 2-3 seconds.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Room rattled for about a second

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Rumbling than two sharp jolts

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

I'm in Pasadena and I certainly felt that baby!3.6 maybe?

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

A noticeable shake for several seconds

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Intense but short shaking felt in Atwater Village. Nothing fell or broke.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Rough shaking back and forth for about 2 seconds - heard creaking of windowsill during that time. Not hard enough that anything fell.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

short jolt. more noise than shaking.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (8 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

DTLA. just a little shaking

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (8 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt a quick shimmy!

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Sounded like an explosion. Violent, short shakes

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (8 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Shook my bad and woke me up and clanged my closet doors!

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (8 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Se sintió fuerte

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick intense jolt

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

It was extremely fast, and shook the house as if a monster slammed a door

Witness location : Rosemead (USA) (8 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

It was loud and it did move objects, didn't see any damage.

Witness location : Montebello (USA) (8 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

A hard jolt maybe lasted a couple of seconds

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (8 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

No damages, felt like a wave in pasadena

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Felt in Silverlake in Los Angeles

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Felt the whole house shake - nothing broke, though.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

A significant jolt followed by substantial light shaking that made everything on my nightstand rattle around and home decor that's suspended was swinging

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Low rumble for about a second then two jolts.

Witness location : Montebello (USA) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 536 min

Yes I felt it, in the city Montebello.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Vertical Quake

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Немного трясло.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

No damage, but definitely felt my building shake. Not alarmed, but felt the tremor.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

We felt a quick jolt and could hear a cracking noise throughout the place.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Se sintio muy fuerte, trono toda la casa

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I felt some weird movement that I was unclear of.

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Glendale CA felt a quick jolt

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 186 min

Felt in Glendale, Los Angeles. The walls rumbled and the chandelier started swinging.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt the apartment shake, which stopped quickly but was noticeable enough to scare us lol

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (9 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

quick jolt / rumbling for 5 seconds

Witness location : Montebello (USA) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It was a short jolt.

Witness location : Montebello (USA) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

It was a sharp short jolt.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (10 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

The whole house shook moderately for several seconds.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (10 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

Two story house strongly shook, my furniture all rattled

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Hard quick shake! Glendale CA.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

2 second slight jerk of the building DTLA

Witness location : Temple City (USA) (10 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

The house shook!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt a violent jolt. no damage, no further shaking.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (11 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Loud noise then sudden shaking. stopped after a few seconds

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It was small enough where I am that I thought it could have been a big truck going by, or neighbors stomping around upstairs.

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (11 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

One strong shake

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (11 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt a short and sharp jolt

Witness location : Temple City (USA) (11 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

No damages just was sitting one second and then realized wait i’m moving. A light shake of the house but everything seems fine.

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (11 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

A little tremor

Witness location : Pasadena (USA) (11 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I heard it!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

It was quite a jolt here! A little shaking and then a big jolt.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I was lying in bed reading and I heard the mirror doors on my closet start shaking, very lightly.  I looked over at a hanging chandelier decor piece on shelf I have and it was shaking lightly too.  Very gentle

Witness location : Temple City (USA) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

السرير اهتزّ وسمعت صوت في الشارع وكأن شاحنة كبيرة تمر في الشارع

Witness location : Glendale (USA) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Rumbling then a good jolt

Witness location : Altadena (USA) (12 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt like a truck hit the house

Witness location : Arcadia (USA) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Hard jolt

Witness location : Bell Gardens (USA) (12 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It felt like a quick powerful jolt

Witness location : La Canada Flintridge (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Sharp jolt…enough to rattle the windows…but only last a couple of seconds.

Witness location : Huntington Park (USA) (13 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Small jult

Witness location : Sierra Madre (USA) (14 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt a small jolt, windows rattled. Husband didn’t feel it

Witness location : South Gate (USA) (14 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I heard stuff moving

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt like a big rig passed by and house rumbled.

Witness location : Whittier (USA) (15 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Quick jolt.

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Slight shake like a truck passing

Witness location : South Gate (USA) (15 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt in South Gate va

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

I thought a car crashes into house lasted only 1 to 2 seconds big boom

Witness location : El Monte (USA) (15 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 55 min

Been so focused on work I Barely felt it

Witness location : Montrose (USA) (15 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

2 quick shakes

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

it wasnt the big one.... yet!!!

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Heard the earthquake before we began to feel it.  Sounded like a large truck going by in the near-distance

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Quick and simple earthquake

Witness location : Whittier (USA) (16 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

I felt and heard a slight rumble

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Entire house shook for 1 second. Intense but short

Witness location : Monrovia (USA) (16 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 96 min

Quick Jolt, lasted all but half a second.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Rolling earthquake no damage and no aftershock

Witness location : Whittier (USA) (16 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Heard a cracking noise in the walls but didn't actually feel any ground movement! Weird

Witness location : Monrovia (USA) (17 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Slight jolt on 2nd story

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (17 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Heard it coming and felt the bed shaking a bit. First floor apartment in Burbank (Magnolia Park)

Witness location : Santa Fe Springs (USA) (17 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Quick jolt in Santa Fe Springs

Witness location : Burbank (USA) (17 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Burbank. Quick shake

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (18 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Wow whaaaat

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Big jolt

Witness location : Lynwood (USA) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Shake

Witness location : Lynwood (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

What a jolt we just felt!

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (19 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Hard shake

Witness location : Downey (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

ONE QUICK SHAKE IN THE HOSPITAL BUILDING IM IN

Witness location : Downey (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I felt a large and strong jolt. Sounds like Godzilla had picked up my house and put it down again. I’m in Downey.

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (20 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt like a giant jumped

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

2nd floor apartment rattled a few seconds, fish Remo was spotted in Mexico baja California its said they anounce earthquakes hopefully it doesn't shake harder

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (21 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Little shake

Witness location : Paramount (USA) (21 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

I just felt my bed vibrating a lil

Witness location : Los Angeles (USA) (22 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Bed trembled slightly and briefly.

Witness location : Valley Village (USA) (23 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick sharp shake.

Witness location : Hawthorne (USA) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Shook me awake, which doesn't happen, EVER. Long intense shaking

Witness location : Hawthorne (USA) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Coconstant shaking. Enough to awaken me, I work graveyard and am a day sleeper. NOTHING wakes me up especially since I sleep with earplugs in. But, it literally felt like someone was harshly shaking my bed in haste.

Witness location : Lakewood (USA) (24 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

I felt it! The house moved but no damage Thank GOD!

Witness location : Compton (USA) (26 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Felt. Live up a hill. Carson

Witness location : Long Beach (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6183 min

Lite thump.

Witness location : Santa Ana (USA) (46 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Sitting on sofa felt under my feet

Witness location : Ontario (USA) (55 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

No impact in Ontario