Magnitude 2.8 earthquake reported in View Park-Windsor Hills
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Quakebot April 16, 2024
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was reported Tuesday at 8:19 a.m. Pacific time in Los Angeles’ View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake
‘s epicenter was 7.1 miles beneath the intersection of Overland Drive and Northridge Drive, near Windsor Hills Elementary School
.
occurred less than a mile from Los Angeles, less than a mile from Ladera Heights, less than a mile from Inglewood and one miles from Culver City
.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
An average of 59 earthquakes with magnitudes between 2.0 and 3.0 occur per year in the Greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 miles.
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