A 3.5-magnitude earthquake in the South Pasadena area shook parts of Southern California on Sunday morning, June 2, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake, at 9:56 a.m., was centered 2.3 miles south southwest of Pasadena, 2.4 miles west southwest of Alhambra, and 3 miles west northwest of Monterey Park, according to the USGS.
It occurred at a depth of nearly seven miles.
The earthquake could be felt in parts of the San Gabriel Valley and downtown Los Angeles.
Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, who was in South Pasadena at the time, posted on X that the quake was “sharp and short.”
She added, “The focal mechanism shows east-west thrust faulting, much like the 1987 Whittier Narrows quake.” (Sunday’s) quake is west of that event.”
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth’s crust, with older rocks pushed above younger rocks.
No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
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