4.1 Earthquake feeling in Southern California, centered near Malibu

An earthquake in strength 4.1 north of Malibu left light on Sunday and weak shake in Southern California.

According to the US Geological Survey, the strongest shaking was felt in parts of Malibu, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks and Camarillo. The strongest shaking was seen as “light”, as is defined by the modified Mercalli intensity intensity scale – enough to rattle dishes and windows and feel like a truck, as a building met.

In a wider part of the Southland, including downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Gabriel Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, Simi Valley, Oxnard and Ventura, weak shake may be felt.

The earthquake met on Sunday at 1:03 p.m.

There were no immediate damage reports.

According to the USGS, the slight quake in the entire region from South Goleta to Huntington Beach was felt.

The epicenter was located in the Santa Monica Mountains, about three miles northwest of El Matador State Beach and 3.5 miles northeast of Leo Carrillo State. The epicenter was seven miles southwest of a thousand Oaks and Westlake Village.

In Westlake Village, people felt a role and shook about five seconds. Reseda residents felt a steady shaking. In Redondo Beach, trembling felt like a long rumbling; In Windsor Hills, the tremor felt like a long, slow role. Someone in Torrance felt two sticks, and near the international airport Los Angeles, the earthquake felt like a short influence.

A person in the city center of LA described a long but gentle shaking.

An official from the fire brigade of La County 88 in Malibu Road said that no reports about damage had come in, and added: “The boys here didn’t even feel it.” A fire brigade 99 on the Pacific Coast Highway said it felt like it was, but the station received no reports on damage.

Southern California has had a number of moderate earthquakes since 2024. For all 2024, Southern California had 15 seismic sequences with at least one earthquake or higher earthquake, as can be seen from the number of seismologists Lucy Jones, a CalTech research -associate. This is the highest annual total in the past 65 years and surpasses the 13, which were seen in 1988.

The earthquake on Sunday was the first jerk for Southern California in 2025, Jones said on Sunday.

Experts have warned for months that the latest quake does not offer any additional clarity about the time of the next devastating earthquake in Southern California. “For decades, seismologists have spent reading the tea leaves to search for patterns. The seismic network was installed in South California 100 years ago because scientists believed that small earthquakes would show patterns before the big earthquakes took place. And that just didn’t work, ”said Susan Hough, seismologist for the US Geological Survey, a few months ago.

Jasmine Mendez contributed to this report.