A magnitude 4.1 earthquake off the Los Angeles County coast brought weak shaking throughout Southern California on Monday. Firefighters said the earthquake was “felt by several in Pasadena” as the Rose Parade was underway, “but no injuries or damage reported.”The weak shaking felt across the region is defined by the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale as being felt noticeably by people indoors and rocking standing motor vehicles slightly. An average of five earthquakes with magnitudes between 4.0 and 5.0 occur per year in the greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample. Seismologist Lucy Jones on social media wrote that the New Year’s Day earthquake was “not near any known fault” and “way too small to even talk about tsunamis.”The California earthquake was “completely unrelated to Japan,” Jones wrote. Western Japan endured its own New Year’s Day earthquake, occurring just after 4 p.m. local time.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 02, 2024 12:00 UTC