LOS ANGELES — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the Southern California coast on Thursday morning, with residents of the affluent enclave of Malibu feeling the brunt of the tremor.
The quake was centered about 4 miles north of Malibu and was felt east throughout Los Angeles County and south throughout Orange County, United States Geological Survey officials said.
The quake happened at about 7:28 a.m. PT about 7 miles below surface, officials said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or structural damage, said L.A. County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Zeko, based at the department’s Malibu/Lost Hills Station not far from the epicenter.
Susan Hough, a scientist with the USGS’s Earthquake Hazards Program, called Thursday’s quake a “relatively weak shaking” event that “would have been felt over most of the greater Los Angeles area, which has an awful lot of people.”
Marlene Lenthang reported from Los Angeles and David K. Li from New York City.
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