5.4 Quake Shakes Southern California

World | February 22, 2003, Saturday // 00:00

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook a wide swath of Southern California early Saturday morning, jarring residents awake and rattling buildings as far away as downtown Los Angeles. The quake was centered about 4 miles north of Big Bear City, a mountain resort town about 90 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The quake was followed by a magnitude-4.5 one minute later and a magnitude-4.2 after another minute. Several aftershocks were recorded in the magnitude-3.8 and below range.

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