An earthquake has hit southern California - with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1.

The US Geological Survey says it struck at 10:55am native time on Friday about one mile northwest of Lytle Creek, within the mountains east of Los Angeles.

Michael Guardado, an worker on the San Bernardino National Forest's Lytle Creek Ranger Station, stated the "building shook hard".

An worker at an area restaurant additionally stated she felt "a hard boom and a shake".

Cari Torguson, who works at Melody's Place in Lytle Creek, added: "It wasn't very long but it was scary."

The quake was felt as a slight rocking in downtown Los Angeles, which is about 45 miles (72km) away from the epicentre.

There had been no fast reviews of damage or injury to any of the town's buildings or infrastructure, the Los Angeles Fire Department stated.

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East of Los Angeles County, the San Bernardino County hearth authorities stated they've acquired no injury reviews or service calls.

As it was initially estimated to be above magnitude 4.5, individuals within the space acquired automated alerts on their cell phones.

The quake occurred in Cajon Pass, the place the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults come collectively, in response to veteran seismologist Lucy Jones.

A 5.2 magnitude quake hit near the identical location in 1970, she added.

California incessantly experiences earthquakes and on New Year's Day, a 4.1 magnitude tremor hit off the coast, 11 miles (18km) away from the town of Rancho Palos Verdes.

One of essentially the most highly effective quakes within the state's current historical past struck in December 2022, when an "insane" 6.4 magnitude tremor left two individuals useless and tens of 1000's of houses and companies with out energy.

The quake occurred close to the city of Ferndale in Humboldt County and greater than a dozen smaller ones appeared to hit components of the area afterwards.

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