‘I was tripping out.’ A 3.6-magnitude quake rattles Los Angeles, USGS says

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles area on Tuesday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The 4.3-mile deep quake hit near Granada Hills and the San Fernando Valley at 11:41 p.m. Pacific time, according to the USGS. Hundreds of people from as far away as Las Vegas and Tulare, California, reported feeling the tremor to the agency.

The Los Angeles Police Department received no reports of damage or injuries from the tremor.

But the temblor got plenty of attention on social media.

“That wasn’t an earthquake. The city is angry that J Lo has been disrespected by The Academy...... and it will have justice,” read a Twitter post by television writer Ira Madison III.

“i didn’t feel the earthquake, i mean i felt it physically but i wasn’t vibin with it,” read another Twitter post by rapper Dumbfoundead.

“I was tripping out thinking my bed was being possessed but it was actually an earthquake,” wrote another person on Twitter.

“Now is the time to reignite the convo between your crush to ask them if they felt the earthquake,” advised video producer Maya Murillo on Twitter.

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale.

Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but rarely cause much damage, according to Michigan Tech.

This story was originally published January 22, 2020 at 6:43 AM with the headline "‘I was tripping out.’ A 3.6-magnitude quake rattles Los Angeles, USGS says."