4.5 quake rattles L.A.

4.5 quake rattles L.A.
August 10, 2007

An earthquake rocked Los Angeles early today, waking people up and knocking things off shelves. There were no reports of injuries.The magnitude 4.5 quake struck just before 1 a.m. and was centered roughly four miles northwest of Chatsworth, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The thrust from the earthquake near the Santa Susana Fault was felt for a "couple to a few seconds" from Santa Barbara to Palmdale and Gorman to Irvine, said Caltech seismologist Nick Scheckel."It's like dropping a pebble into a pond, so as the ripples ring out, it tends to last longer and longer the farther it goes, energy-wise," Scheckel said.

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