Earthquake 4.4 in California rocks Los Angeles area

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00:00Scary moments in Southern California after being rocked with an earthquake for the second time in a week this one

00:06It was a 4.4 magnitude quake which originated near Los Angeles

00:09But it was felt as far as San Diego good days Arthur Cheehan has more

00:14Buildings swayed and things came crashing off shelves as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake was felt from Los Angeles all the way down to San Diego

00:33The epicenter about six and a half miles outside LA in the neighborhood of Highland Park all the way over in Santa Monica

00:40A cam facing the pier shows the power of the large shocks. Just a huge jolt to the house. It was

00:47Quick, but super scary a couple of seconds

00:50Maybe a three second a big jolt and then maybe two to three seconds of little after jolting

00:54And yeah Fox 5 sister station in LA was over Pasadena City Hall

00:59Where a pipe burst sending water gushing an elevator outage in the same building trapped a person inside

01:06Trapped in there, but she got out safely

01:08Officials in California say no major damage or serious injuries were immediately reported

01:13But as a precaution large structures like stadiums and buildings are being looked over and that trains were slowed down

01:20So they and the rails could undergo safety inspections

01:24seismology students at Caltech looked on at monitors

01:27They're positive but shaken as the experts explain why even at a lower magnitude than a California quake earlier this month

01:35This 4.4 hit was more dangerous. There's a lot of people on top of this earthquake

01:41Fundamentally, if you know the other earthquakes you've been feeling and saying, oh, I don't usually feel a four or it's small in a four

01:47That's because you were farther away. This is very much the population Arthur Qian for Good Day, New York