Update: No reports of major damage from quake centered on Yorba Linda, California

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Update: No reports of major damage from quake centered on Yorba Linda, California - @NBCLA

USGS

A temblor with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck two miles from Yorba Linda Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake struck about five miles below the surface at about 11:23 p.m., according to USGS.

Its epicenter was five miles from Placentia; 6 miles from Chino Hills and 8 miles from Orange. The LA Civic Center was 29 miles away from the quakes epicenter.

Officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department said there were no significant injuries or damages immediately reported following the quake, but that all fire resources were placed in "Emergency Earthquake Mode."

Within minutes, hundreds of NBCLA Twitter followers and Facebook fans reported feeling the quake.

"Strong jolts in Whittier. Not looking forward to any after shocks," YeaMe Ceazon wrote on the NBCLA Facebook page.

Residents in Fontana, Anaheim Hills, Torrance and Long Beach also reported feeling the quake.

"I was lying on my livingroom floor of my mobile home in Hermosa Beach, watching the Olympics, when I felt some distinct shaking, light shaking, but it felt like a steady 10-second or so shaking," Karen told NBC4 News in an email.

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