5.4 Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck L.A. at 11:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday. No one was killed.

Geophysicist Ned Field sits near a map showing earthquake threat as representatives of the Southern California Earthquake Center, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the California Geologic Survey present new statewide earthquake probabilities for California David McNew/Getty Images

A minor earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, with minimal structural damage, and no reported injuries.

Other than saturated phone lines and a few public building evacuated as a precaution, life went on as usual in the Golden State.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near Los Angeles at 11:42 a.m. local time on Tuesday, July 29.

The epicenter of the earthquake was three miles west-southwest of Chino Hills, California and 28 miles south-southeast of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the USGS said.

There have been no reports of damages or injuries inside the city of Los Angeles, but there have been some power outages, according to Anna Burton, the assistant general manager of the City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department “We’re doing a region-wide assessment,” said Burton.

Minor damage was reported in Chino, but according to residents, some of the biggest issues faced were phone lines flooded with calls, which made it nearly impossible to make cell phone or land-line calls for close to 45 minutes.