UPDATED with latest: A good-sized earthquake rattled windows acrossLos Angelesat about 1:47 p.m. today.
The USGS said the quake occurred at a depth of about 10 miles.
It was the largest such shake felt in that area in some time.
The Malibu pier and lagoonRicardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Another USGS official later said the quake may have been located on the nearby Anacapa-Dume Fault.
Officials said there have been five events of magnitude 4 or greater recorded in the local area.
They include the largest, a 5.3, in 1973, a 5.2 in 1979 and another in 1989.
The most recent was a 4.4 in 2009.
#Earthquake Felt Widely in#LosAngeles.
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The LAFDs complete survey generally take about an hour to complete.
(Longtime residents will remember that overpasses bridges were compromised by the much larger 1994 Northridge quake.)
Quite literally, the lights in the studio started to shake.
The whole stage started to shake.
The camera started to shake.
We were all confused as to what was happening, he says in the clip.
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The U.S.G.S.
has detected more than a dozen aftershocks registering as high as 3.0.
Speaking of which, there was a larger quake earlier in the morning in Hawaii, but U.S.G.S.
officials said the two were not connected.
One automated feedthat purports to cull data from U.S.G.S.
pinpointed the initial quake off Decker Canyon Road (23) in the hills above El Matador State Beach.
Thats very close to Point Dume, longtime home to many well-known showbiz types.
The National Weather Service said there is no danger of a Tsunami for Malibu.
