According to the United States Geological Survey, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California around 2:41 p.m. Pacific Time. The USGS website indicates that the earthquake was 4.3 miles southeast of Ojai, a city in Ventura County, which is located about 80 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles.In the video player above: Earthquake swarm shakes Southern CaliforniaThe quake could be felt across the region, according to USGS. It was felt widely and was followed by smaller aftershocks.Video below: Plant shakes inside home as earthquake is felt in CaliforniaAt least seven other smaller earthquakes also hit near Ojai, ranging from magnitudes of 2.6 to 3.9, according to USGS. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injury, according to a dispatcher with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. Deluge from Tropical Storm Hilary hits California after making landfall along Mexico’s Baja coastTropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninunsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday before moving over Southern California, where it swamped roads and downed trees, as concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such torrential rain.Forecasters said Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing flash floods, mudslides, high winds, power outages and the potential for isolated tornadoes.Hilary made landfall along the Mexican coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles south of Ensenada, then moved through mudslide-prone Tijuana, threatening the improvised homes that cling to hillsides just south of the U.S. border.At least 9 million people were under flash-flood watches and warnings as heavy rain fell across normally sunny Southern California ahead of the brunt of the storm. Desert areas were especially susceptible along with hillsides with wildfire burn scars, forecasters warned.Mud and boulders spilled onto highways, water overwhelmed drainage systems and tree branches fell in neighborhoods from San Diego to Los Angeles. Dozens of cars were trapped in floodwaters in Palm Springs and surrounding desert communities across the the Coachella Valley. Crews pumped floodwaters out of the emergency room at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Hilary could wallop other Western states with once-in-a-century rains, with a good chance of it becoming the wettest known tropical cyclone to douse Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. Hilary was expected to remain a tropical storm into central Nevada early Monday before dissipating.Check out the interactive earthquake tracking map below. (App users click here)The Associated Press contributed to this report.
According to the United States Geological Survey, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California around 2:41 p.m. Pacific Time.
The USGS website indicates that the earthquake was 4.3 miles southeast of Ojai, a city in Ventura County, which is located about 80 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles.
In the video player above: Earthquake swarm shakes Southern California
The quake could be felt across the region, according to USGS. It was felt widely and was followed by smaller aftershocks.
Video below: Plant shakes inside home as earthquake is felt in California
At least seven other smaller earthquakes also hit near Ojai, ranging from magnitudes of 2.6 to 3.9, according to USGS.
There were no immediate reports of major damage or injury, according to a dispatcher with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Deluge from Tropical Storm Hilary hits California after making landfall along Mexico’s Baja coast
Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninunsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday before moving over Southern California, where it swamped roads and downed trees, as concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such torrential rain.
Forecasters said Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing flash floods, mudslides, high winds, power outages and the potential for isolated tornadoes.
Hilary made landfall along the Mexican coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles south of Ensenada, then moved through mudslide-prone Tijuana, threatening the improvised homes that cling to hillsides just south of the U.S. border.
At least 9 million people were under flash-flood watches and warnings as heavy rain fell across normally sunny Southern California ahead of the brunt of the storm. Desert areas were especially susceptible along with hillsides with wildfire burn scars, forecasters warned.
Mud and boulders spilled onto highways, water overwhelmed drainage systems and tree branches fell in neighborhoods from San Diego to Los Angeles. Dozens of cars were trapped in floodwaters in Palm Springs and surrounding desert communities across the the Coachella Valley. Crews pumped floodwaters out of the emergency room at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.
Hilary could wallop other Western states with once-in-a-century rains, with a good chance of it becoming the wettest known tropical cyclone to douse Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. Hilary was expected to remain a tropical storm into central Nevada early Monday before dissipating.
Check out the interactive earthquake tracking map below.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
