la earthquake ; A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled Southern California at 4:04 a.m. Tuesday, according to the USGS-Caltech Web site.
The earthquake lasted about 15 seconds and was centered near the Whittier Narrows, the site of the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, according to center.
The 1987 earthquake killed eight people and caused $358 million in damage, mostly to the Uptown Whittier area, according to the USGS.
Tuesday’s earthquake knocked items off counters and set off alarms in the Whittier area, but police received no immediate reports of injuries or major damage, said Whittier Police Sgt. Kevin Ramos.
Shortly after the quake, the California Highway Patrol reported a buckled 10-foot stretch of concrete in a center lane of southbound Interstate 5 south of downtown. It’s unclear if the broken concrete was caused by the quake.
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