A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern California on Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The temblor struck at 9.09 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 miles southwest of Bakersfield, and was felt across a wide area of southern California. The initial quake was followed by more than a dozen aftershocks, but there have been no reports of damage or casualties.
There is a 99% chance of at least one more aftershock of magnitude of 3 or higher, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data showed. The likelihood of a magnitude 5 aftershock was put at 25%, while a level 6 or higher was 3%.
Tremors were felt at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. Moderate shakes were felt in Arvin, which lasted 1.1 seconds, with light shakes felt in Bakersfield (2.2 seconds), Tehachapi (9.9 seconds) and there were weak shakes in Los Angeles, according to ShakeAlert’s preliminary summary.
Although no damage was reported, two lanes of the southbound I-5 Freeway south of Grapevine Road had to be closed while emergency services cleared a boulder in the road, ABC7 Los Angeles reported.
The network showed a video of people running out of a local shop as they felt the shaking before several items were thrown from shelves onto the ground.
