A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit southern California on Wednesday evening.
The quake hit at 7:43 p.m. local time about 2 miles (3 kilometers) southwest of San Bernardino, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It listed the depth at 9.63 miles (15.5 kilometers).
It is the latest in a series of similar quakes that have affected the region this month. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 hit the Los Angeles area on New Year’s Day.
The quake hit “very close to the San Jacinto fault,” earthquake expert Lucy Jones wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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“That part of the fault is generally locked – it had a M7 in the 19th century. We often see small quakes like this below locked segments,” she wrote.
Californians took to social media to share videos of the moment the quake hit.
One person shared video of their bedroom shaking during the quake.
“Earthquake footage from couple hours ago. hit san bernardino! i’m like a mile away from the epicenter,” they wrote.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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