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| Magnitude 4.4 earthquake felt near Los Angeles | Magnitude 4.4 earthquake felt near Los Angeles |
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| An earthquake has been strongly felt near Los Angeles, California. | |
| The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the 4.4-magnitude quake 9km (5.6 miles) from the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Westwood. | |
| It struck at 06:25 local time (13:25 GMT). No severe damage, injuries or deaths have been reported. | |
| A USGS spokeswoman said it was the strongest earthquake in Los Angeles since the last aftershocks from the 1994 Northridge quake. | |
| Dr Lucy Jones told the local CBS broadcaster there was a 5% chance another strong quake would strike within the next three days. | |
| The Los Angeles commuter rail system is delayed on all lines as workers inspect tracks and equipment. | |
| "It felt like a bomb going off underneath our house," resident George McQuade told Associated Press news agency. | |
| "Nothing was damaged, but it sure woke everyone up. It was an eye-opener." | |
| Yvonne Villanueva told broadcaster KTLA she was getting ready for the morning and "all of a sudden I felt it jolt". | |
| "You always have the big one in the back of your head," she said. | |
| The San Andreas fault on the edge of the Pacific plate runs directly through California, and the western US state has long braced for a devastating quake. | |
| The Northridge quake, a 6.7-magnitude temblor, left at least 60 people dead. A 6.9 quake in San Francisco five years earlier killed 67 people. |