Getty CompositeSuperstitious Los Angelenos are pulling out their hair right now ... because a 4.1 magnitude earthquake just rocked the city.
Getty CompositeThe quake's epicenter hit just off the coast of Palos Verdes at 8:27 AM PT today, but folks all the way up in H'Wood and Pasadena felt a bit of shaking.
As with most earthquakes, it stopped as quickly as it started, but it's a jarring way to wake up people sleeping off late-night revelry.
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THE OCEAN IS NO JOKESome wild natural occurrences have battered SoCal recently with huge waves bouncing over a seawall in Ventura last week, injuring eight and causing dozens to flee.
Unclear how much, if any damage, was done by our New Year's tremor, but it was nothing compared to the devastating quakes felt by Japan yesterday.
GettyThree powerful, successive earthquakes hit the island nation on New Year's Eve with the biggest reaching a 7.6 magnitude.
GettyRoads and bridges sustained major damage while tsunami warnings were quickly issued by the government. More than 97,000 people were forced to evacuate according to Reuters.
Lots of earthquakes in the past couple days ... hopefully the chaos dies down for the rest of 2024.
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