The magnitude 3.5 earthquake that struck Beverly Hills early Friday has caused no major damages, Police says.
Since 12:03 a.m., when the quake shook the affluent city known for its luxurious Hollywood stars’ homes, the police and fire agencies has been bombarded by calls from concerned citizens.
"There was no damage, nothing," Beverly Hills police Sgt. Sean Dexter said six hours after the quake.
"It was one kind of big bump and it was over," he said.
The Los Angeles Fire Department put its quake protocol into action and sent firefighters on the ground and in helicopters to check roads, bridges and other key infrastructure for problems. Nothing was found.
The shaking was evident from Santa Monica to Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, City News Service reported.
The quake struck at the intersection of two potentially dangerous faults that run through the heart of urban Los Angeles County. Both faults could trigger a powerful magnitude 7 quake.
U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Doug Given said the quakes occurred near the junction of the Santa Monica fault, which runs underneath Santa Monica Boulevard and near Pacific Palisades, Westwood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, and the Newport-Inglewood fault (which, despite its name, terminates north of Inglewood, meeting the Santa Monica fault in a T-shaped intersection).
