A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in the San Gabriel Valley rattled a sizable chunk of Southern California Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at 7:33 p.m. about 2.5 miles north of La Verne at a depth of 3.79 miles, according to the agency. That depth — relatively shallow — is what

allowed the quake to be felt across the region, according to earthquake expert Lucy Jones. “People who were very near it would have had strong shaking, potentially even throwing a few things off of shelves,” Jones said during a briefing at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory. “As you get farther away, the shaking gets lower and more rolling motion.” READ MORE


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