Southern California neighborhoods were struck by four earthquakes on Sunday afternoon.
Residents of Westlake Village and Malibu in Los Angeles county felt the jolt of earthquakes ranging from 2.5 magnitude to 4.1, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake tracker.
The first – and strongest – earthquake rocked Westlake Village from 11 kilometers away just after 1 pm.
Shortly after that, earthquakes of 2.5, 2.8 and 3.0 intensities struck within 13 kilometers of Malibu.
The most powerful shaking was felt in portions of Malibu, Agoura Hills, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, according to the USGS.
Other places including downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oxnard, Ventura, the San Clarita Valley, the San Gabriel Valley and the Simi Valley may have also mildly felt the natural disasters’ impact.
‘I’ve never felt the ground shake heavily beneath my feet until now, pretty wild,’ one man living in the area wrote on X.
According to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale that ranks how powerful earthquakes are, even the strongest 4.1 magnitude quake is considered ‘light.’
At this level, it is normal for people inside to feel a small shake, for dishes to rattle and for walls to creak, the scale explains.
Four earthquakes hit the Westlake Village area on Sunday afternoon
There were no reports of immediate damage, the Los Angeles Times reported.
People living in the affected areas have voiced their panic on social media – with one X user expressing fears of a tsunami.
But the US Nation Tsunami Center quickly debunked concerns, stating that no tsunamis are expected as a result of the earthquakes.
This is a developing story.