VIDEO: Quake strikes LA, news anchors duck under desks during live broadcast

A pre-dawn earthquake has struck across the Los Angeles basin, rattling residents from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

VIDEO: Quake strikes LA, news anchors duck under desks during live broadcast
Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 14:15

A pre-dawn earthquake has struck across the Los Angeles basin, rattling residents from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

The quake’s magnitude was 4.4 and it was centered 15 miles (24 kilometers) west-northwest of the downtown civic centre, according to the US Geological Survey.

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