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Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Jolts Southland On Inauguration Day
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Inauguration Day.
WILLOWBROOK, CA — A 3.5 magnitude earthquake jolted the Los Angeles area Wednesday morning, Inauguration Day, occurring about one mile west of Willowbrook.
The jolt was felt shortly about 8:35 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey.
People responded to the earthquake on Twitter.
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A 3.5 magnitude earthquake occurred 0.62mi W of Willowbrook, CA. Details: https://t.co/wOTWnchM58 Map: https://t.co/2Fx7EQiXE8
— LA QuakeBot (@earthquakesLA) January 20, 2021
The M3.5 new Willowbrook is near but not on the Newport-Inglewood fault. The focal mechanism (which maps the direction of motion at all the seismic stations) shows us the ground moved up and down. The NI fault moves sideways. https://t.co/4122mPHNJ7
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) January 20, 2021
Inauguration twitter, meet LA earthquake twitter
— Melanie Mason (@melmason) January 20, 2021
Good morning, California earthquake.
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) January 20, 2021
was that an earthquake!?
— jarrett hill (working title) (@JarrettHill) January 20, 2021
Earthquake! And inauguration
— Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) January 20, 2021
Okay sooooo yep. I just got woken up by a cute little earthquake, thank you LA... clearly even Mother Nature knows it’s a big day for America
— London Hughes (@TheLondonHughes) January 20, 2021
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