A magnitude 4.4. earthquake shook the Los Angeles area Tuesday morning, with an epicenter near Pico Rivera, Calif.
The temblor was widely felt this morning in the Los Angeles area, striking at about 4:04 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
[Updated, 4:24 a.m.: The quake was centered about one mile east-northeast of Pico Rivera, which appeared to centered near the Whittier fault, according to a map posted on the USGS website.
A large earthquake in the same area in 1987, when the 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987 hit not the Whittier fault, but another, previously unknown fault, nearby. The depth of the earthquake occurred at about 11 miles.]
–Rong-Gong Lin II reporting from Alhambra